Health Professionals & Climate Change

climate change: adverse health impacts and roles of health professionals

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Climate change: adverse health impacts and roles of health professionals.

How should health professionals take action against climate change?

Should Health Professionals Speak Up to Reduce the Health Risks of Climate Change?

Should physicians take action in the political realm to address climate change? There are many historical examples of physician advocacy in the political sphere, both individually and as a collective, and many have argued that it is important for health professionals to advocate on a variety of issues. But which criteria should be used to determine when and how health professionals should take ...

Health professionals' roles in animal agriculture, climate change, and human health.

What we eat is rapidly becoming an issue of global concern. With food shortages, the rise in chronic disease, and global warming, the impact of our dietary choices seems more relevant today than ever. Globally, a transition is taking place toward greater consumption of foods of animal origin, in lieu of plant-based diets. With this transition comes intensification of animal agriculture that in ...