Climate change mitigation reforms of government policy, medical curricula, and health professions organizations should be the focus of physician advocacy.
Shelley Wall, MBChB, Nikki Allorto, MBChB, Ross Weale, MBBS, Victor Kong, PhD, and Damian Clarke, PhD
Caring for severe burn injuries in low- and middle-income countries requires making decisions about resource allocation given particular contextual factors.
Should a family’s ability to afford follow-up care for a child who needs “miracle surgery” play a role in the physician’s decision to operate? Would the answer change depending on the patient’s immigration status?
The adverse health effects of climate change should be the focus of physician advocacy efforts and of conversations between physicians and their patients.
The social institutions of medicine and the state have a complex history of interaction in which doctors have been the originators of political ideals, goals, and social change but equally often have found themselves to be instruments of political authority.
Although physicians do not have legitimate authority over patients, professional associations may have such authority over physicians, even nonmembers.