Search results for "Climate Change"
Letter to the editor: politics and patient care
In addition, the College needs to be a voice on public health issues by outlining the health effects of global climate change, protecting patients against gun violence, identifying the social determinants
June 2017
Amid D.C.'s din, ACP makes sure internists' voices are heard
10:30 a.m. – Constituent meeting related to drought. 11 a.m. – Committee on Environment and Public Works – GOP members meeting on climate change. ... 12:30 p.m. – Weekly GOP policy lunch. 1:15 p.m. – Legislative staff meeting on upcoming
June 2008
The clear and present danger of silence
And our first clue about climate change would be the cooking of our own goose in it, to an irrefutable cinder.
October 2020
Clarity of vision sets the stage for ACP's work
Global climate change and its health consequences are one of the most important societal issues of our time. ... on the health effects of climate change.
May 2016
Diet and truth: tales of dogma, or data?
One obvious way to confirm or refute the merit of cross-sectional data is to look for change over time in those very behaviors in a given population, and then ask ... So is climate change. Scientists throughout history have at times died defending truth
October 2020
Finding common ground
This is especially true today, when partisanship is near an all-time high, according to pollsters, with Democrats and Republicans holding diametrically opposed perspectives on everything from climate change to firearms ... change (we believe it's real
May 2018
The 2020 election and the future of health care
a pathway to citizenship for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients, and limit carbon emissions to mitigate climate change. ... the courts to support an expanded role for the federal government in health care, as well as the future of
October 2020
Editor's Note: Small-practice series highlights day-to-day struggles
An employee's resistance to change, for example, or a physician's poor management skills, can drag down an entire office's morale and productivity. ... Of course, physicians in small practice must juggle running day-to-day operations with keeping abreast
June 2008
Health policy after the election
Climate change. While Mr. Trump and most GOP members of Congress have questioned the existence of global warming and humans' contributions to it, the reality of rising seas threatening low-land
November 2016
Doctors with borders
So, ACP has developed seminal public policy papers on climate change and firearm violence, advocated on behalf of health insurance for all, and issued statements for LGBTQ rights and against ... For climate change and firearm safety, yes, but for domains
March 2018