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Oct 16, 2012 · Why are British doctors (in line with doctors in many other developed countries) not given to overt political activism? Reasons are complex, but perhaps part of the problem is the pervasive depoliticisation that has spread through Western capitalist countries.
Feb 16, 2022 · We have four key strengths in influencing. Firstly, professional credibility. Doctors and nurses consistently top the league tables of public trust in professions (with politicians near the bottom), and the NHS remains the institution that makes people most proud of the UK.
Results 1172 doctors (45.1% women) from 1295 responded to an online survey. 60.5% described their political views as ‘left-wing’ and 62.2% described themselves as ‘liberal’. 79.4% of respondents voted to remain in the EU in the 2016 referendum compared with 48.1% of voters as a whole (χ2=819.8, p<0.001). 98.6% of respondents agreed ...
- Kate L Mandeville, Rose-Marie Satherley, Rose-Marie Satherley, Jennifer A Hall, Shailen Sutaria, Chr...
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Mar 18, 2022 · Doctors have a duty to speak out on political issues but should avoid party politics. Oliver is right that doctors can have more influence on policy than they realise, 1 although admittedly it would be easy to be discouraged by the current political situation in the United Kingdom.
Apr 21, 2020 · The answer is: not really. Of course, ignoring early warnings from doctors and entertaining illusions that Covid-19 is just another flu has led to thousands of otherwise avoidable deaths....
- Jan Zielonka
Nov 1, 2011 · Physicians may, in fact, prefer political quietism to activism and may prefer other goods to communal health on any and all occasions when political choices between health and other goods present themselves—even to the extent of opposing the mandatory use of car seats or smoking bans.
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Apr 4, 2018 · A group of family doctors set timers during patient visits to demonstrate how the government is shortchanging them. Residents wear badges to protest their working conditions. It’s not unusual for doctors to get political, but the rules of engagement remain unclear.
