Anupam B. Jena, PhD, economist, professor at Harvard Medical School and critical care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He is host of the Freakonomics, M.D. podcast and coauthor of Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health. Freakonomics.com/series-full/bapu
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