Politics and Medicine — Strange Bedfellows

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  • Ericka L. Adler
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Every individual is influenced by his personal experiences and background. This means that we each bring to our everyday interactions with others our biases, religious beliefs, and even our political agendas. While most physicians do an excellent job of focusing on patients and leaving personal opinion and biases aside, this neutrality can be hard to completely achieve. In this season of intense political debate and a particularly passionate upcoming presidential election, physicians may find it even harder to refrain from sharing their political opinions with others.

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تاریخ انتشار 2017