Health Care’s Responsibility at the Intersection of Climate, Health and Racial Equity
Posted almost 4 years ago by Pamela DiNapoli
During the COVID-19 crisis, the health care sector has stood at the epicenter of our collective trauma. In addition to taking care of people sickened by the virus, health professionals have served as messengers, providing the credible information Americans need to protect themselves. Health leaders have also shaped policy aimed at reducing the public health harm of the spreading virus.
We are in the midst of an even larger crisis: climate change. Here, too, health professionals are at the center of community response and resilience. It is time to reconsider the roles and responsibilities of health care providers. It is time, in short, for a new Hippocratic Oath. We must ask: What does it mean to “do no harm” in a world threatened by climate change?
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 • 12 - 1 PM (ET)