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20-11-2023 | Climate Change | From the Inside

Come hell or high water: climate change through the lens of neurocritical care

Author: David Fischer

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It is frustrating to be a doctor in the era of climate change. Many of us were drawn to medicine by a desire to address humanity’s most fundamental problems. But when it comes to the threat of climate change, many of us in healthcare feel powerless. Having dedicated our lives to solving some of humanity’s greatest challenges, what is our role in solving perhaps our greatest challenge yet? And what could possibly be my role as a neurointensivist? …

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Title: Come hell or high water: climate change through the lens of neurocritical care
Author: David Fischer
Publication date: 20-11-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Climate Change
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07253-y

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