Reducing the need for surgeons by reducing pollution-derived workload: Is there a role for surgeons?

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY

卷:9

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Talati, Jamsheer J.¹  Agha, Riaz^2,3  Agha, Maliha^3,4  Rosin, Richard David⁵ 

[1] Aga Khan Univ, Dept Surg, Urol Sect, Karachi, Pakistan

[2] Ashford & St Peters Hosp NHS Fdn Trust, Dept Surg, Surrey, England

[3] Natl Inst Hlth & Clin Excellence, London, England

[4] Kings Coll London, Sch Med, Dept Publ Hlth Sci, London, England

[5] Queen Elizabeth Hosp, Dept Surg, Bridgetown, Barbados

关键词: Surgical workforce;    Pollution;    Iatrogenic disease;    Nuclear disaster;    Cancer;    Prevention;    Public health role for physicians;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.ijsu.2011.05.003

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The need for additional surgical workforce personnel is likely to increase dramatically at a rate beyond our capacity to train them. As surgical training programmes cannot be rapidly expanded, this paper explores an alternative solution to the quandary, a reduction of the disease burden by a war on pollution. Highlighting the role of pollutants in increasing the surgical workload, it identifies potential roles for surgeons in the battle against pollution and draws attention to the need to research out agents which could protect humans against their carcinogenic effects. (C) 2011 Surgical Associates Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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