What are the most liberal (non-conservative) medical schools you can think of?

[karayaa]

That's interesting. I didn't see it in the link, but is there any speculation on why conservative physicians are ostensibly less happy with their career choice?

Unhappiness with government regulation/interference from administrators, decreased autonomy/independence, tax brackets?
(Speculation)

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[blackkrim]

Unhappiness with government regulation/interference from administrators, decreased autonomy/independence, tax brackets?
(Speculation)

Understandable, but I'd expect that to cut across all political demographics (with the possible exception of perceived tax increases).

 

[Cyberdyne 101]

I'd say that social justice is popular amongst (some) "liberals" , yet SLU's (Jesuit) PH school is called the College for Public Health & Social Justice.

From http://www.llu.edu/medicine/about.page
Most medical students participate in two very popular University programs: Social Action Community Health System and Students for International Mission Service.
Social activism sounds liberal.

But liberal and conservative are thrown around so much, I'm not sure what you're talking about.


From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_liberalism
Economic liberalism is often associated with support for free markets and private ownership of capital goods...Economic liberalism also contrasts with protectionism because of its support for free trade and open markets. Historically, economic liberalism arose in response to mercantilism and feudalism. Today, economic liberalism is also generally considered to be opposed to non-capitalist economic orders, such as socialism, market socialism and planned economies.

Fiscal liberal/conservatism is something else, iirc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_conservatism

The term "liberal" when applied to economic policies was confusing to me at first. I first came across this "paradox" during my intro to political theory class. The professor kept referring to "neoliberal reforms" when he spoke about free market economic polices (ie the Washington Consensus) and I was like huh?!