MedPage Today April 5, 2024
— Why physicians are not more politically involved should be further investigated, researchers say
Physicians as a group are no more politically active than non-physicians, and they attend fewer public meetings, researchers found.
After adjusting for sociodemographic factors, physicians were more likely than non-physicians to discuss politics with friends or family (relative risk [RR] 1.09, 95% CI 1.04-1.13), buy or boycott products based on political values (RR 1.20, 95% CI 1.05-1.37), and donate to political organizations (RR 1.35, 95% CI 1.15-1.58), reported Maelys Amat, MD, MBA, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and colleagues in a research letter published in JAMA.
However, other significant differences in unadjusted analyses became nonsignificant, including for reading, watching, or listening to political...
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