Very distressing times with an increase in natural disasters .Maybe time for ACEP to take up climate change in the same way as (admirably)gun laws and lobbyists have been targeted .
From a political and a “sustainability in healthcare” perspective there is much to do.The reputation damage to any health care organization which ignores this “elephant in the room” may be considerable in the intermediate and longer term, especially as we are the medical experts in disaster as well as environmental medicine .
Other healthcare organisations have divested from fossil fuels and are leading the way in advocacy and health care sustainability .
ACEP has an important role to play, in the view of many .
One Response to “Laying the Groundwork for Effective Disaster Response: An Interview with Dr. Robert Kadlec”
March 17, 2019
Marianne CannonVery distressing times with an increase in natural disasters .Maybe time for ACEP to take up climate change in the same way as (admirably)gun laws and lobbyists have been targeted .
From a political and a “sustainability in healthcare” perspective there is much to do.The reputation damage to any health care organization which ignores this “elephant in the room” may be considerable in the intermediate and longer term, especially as we are the medical experts in disaster as well as environmental medicine .
Other healthcare organisations have divested from fossil fuels and are leading the way in advocacy and health care sustainability .
ACEP has an important role to play, in the view of many .