Environmental Determinants of Health—Time to Redefine the Social History?
This Viewpoint discusses how increasing climate change and other environmental hazards contribute to greater adverse health effects, particularly for socially vulnerable populations, and calls for improved gathering of social and environmental history data and risk assessment in routine patient encounters.
Authors
- Peter Rabinowitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6873-0208)
- Michèle Barry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9629-3642)
Institutions
- University of Washington (US)
- Center for Innovation (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA
- Published
- 2024-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.19490
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.26