Department of Sociological Studies, and Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Lancet Planet Health. 2023 Sep;7(9):e770-e776. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00145-6.
Following calls by medical journals and organisations to assume professional responsibility for climate change, members of the medical profession have engaged in climate activism and advocacy efforts directed at policy makers, medical institutions, colleagues, and patients. The calls for, and discussions of, their engagement have focused on the efficacy of the medical profession to raise awareness and concern regarding the issue of climate change, particularly in light of the social trust placed in doctors. The potential professional and personal costs faced by doctors involved in such efforts, including in their relationships with colleagues and the trust of their patients, have been largely ignored in these discussions. To facilitate and sustain the engagement with climate change by the medical profession, an open and transparent discussion needs to be had regarding the potential consequences of participating in such efforts. Drawing on interviews with medical professionals involved in climate activism across the USA, the UK, and Germany, this Personal View explores the experiences with and concerns regarding these costs and provides suggestions for how to mitigate them.
在医学期刊和组织呼吁承担气候变化方面的专业责任之后，医学界人士已经参与了针对政策制定者、医疗机构、同事和患者的气候行动和宣传工作。他们参与的呼吁和讨论的重点是医学界提高对气候变化问题的认识和关注的效力，特别是考虑到医生所获得的社会信任。在这些讨论中，很大程度上忽略了参与此类工作的医生所面临的潜在职业和个人成本，包括他们与同事的关系和患者的信任。为了促进和维持医学界对气候变化的参与，需要就参与此类工作的潜在后果进行公开和透明的讨论。本个人观点借鉴了美国、英国和德国参与气候行动的医学专业人士的访谈，探讨了这些成本的经历和关注，并就如何减轻这些成本提出了建议。
