Abstract

COELHO, Inês Laplanche. Fighting climate change as general practitioners in Portugal. Rev Port Med Geral Fam [online]. 2021, vol.37, n.2, pp.190-194.  Epub Apr 30, 2021. ISSN 2182-5173.  https://doi.org/10.32385/rpmgf.v37i2.12702.

The impact of climate change on health is already being felt and this public health emergency may undermine the stability of our health system. Climate change affects virtually every organ or system contributing to the increase in incidence and prevalence of various pathologies. As general practitioners, we can play an active role in mitigating and adapting to the consequences of climate change on the health of our patients, our health care system, and the health of our planet in general by making changes in our work units, promoting changes in behaviors as well as promoting community awareness of this problem. We are probably the last generation that can stop climate change and therefore we must act.

Keywords : Climate change; Global Health; General practitioners.

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