The situation in Medicine is much worse than the article states. The woke narrative has permeated virtually all aspects of patient care, teaching, research, Academic appointments and policies, professional journals and of course funding. People have not yet understood that their caregivers are agents of the state and closely follow the politically correct narrative. The quality of care is declining rapidly. Young physicians are poorly educated, narcissitically flaunt their boorish stupidity and demand high pay for lousy work. The Hippocratic oath and traditional medical ethics? Forget about it.
The marxification of medical schools has been underway for a number of years. I would argue that the intrusion of government and medical insurance (aka “healthcare”) into doctor/patient decisions and communications are largely responsible. It has escalated costs and created layers of bureaucracy that require a third party payer for even the most routine medical visits.
The other generally ignored phenomenon is that the medical profession is now dominated by liberal feminists, as a significant majority of new medical students and doctors are female. They are being trained to believe they have a sort of super morality by virtue of wearing the white coat, and that we should all unquestioningly follow their prescription for how we live our lives. I know from first hand experience.
One school’s new test takes off more points for not introducing yourself to patients by the proper pronouns than if you miss every question in the thyroid section ...