Medscape’s survey, conducted between Jan. 22 and March 2, queried more than 2,340 physicians who were asked to rank their leading social issues.
Here are their answers:
Percentages represent physicians who ranked each issue among their five most important.
- Healthcare access: 85 percent
- Substance/opioid abuse: 66 percent
- Racial disparities: 54 percent
- Gun control: 53 percent
- Climate change: 51 percent
- Domestic violence: 47 percent
- Immigration/refugee policies: 44 percent
- Reproductive rights: 39 percent
- Gender discrimination: 27 percent
- Other: 18 percent
- LGBTQ+ rights: 16 percent
