The medical community harms patients when they fail to engage in political advocacy
Primum non nocere, or “first, do no harm,” is a fundamental principle in the practice of medicine. Physicians vow to do as much when taking the Hippocratic Oath on their first day of medical school. But where does the buck stop? I posit that we in the medical community harm patients when we fail to engage in political advocacy.
Why should physicians care?
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