Climate Change and Health
Authors: Ryan A. Crowley, Darilyn V. Moyer, Douglas M. DeLong
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2016)

Letters15 November 2016Climate Change and HealthRyan A. Crowley, BSJ, Darilyn V. Moyer, MD, and Douglas M. DeLong, MDRyan A. Crowley, BSJFrom American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Darilyn V. Moyer, MDFrom American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., and Douglas M. DeLong, MDFrom American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L16-0411 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We respectfully disagree with Dr. Mondrow's claim that ACP's policy paper on climate change and health is an "egregious overreach" that is outside the College's mission. The ACP became involved in analyzing the health effects of climate change and developing our policy paper at the request of our Board of Governors—leaders of our state and international chapters elected by the membership. The Board of Governors' resolution asked the Board of Regents to support efforts to educate and respond to the medical consequences of climate change affecting or potentially affecting patients. The Board of Regents adopted the resolution in ...References1. Cook J, Oreskes N, Doran PT, Anderegg WRL, Verheggen B, Maibach, et al. Consensus on consensus: a synthesis of consensus estimates on human-caused global warming. Environ Res Lett. 2016;11:048002. Accessed at http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/048002/pdf on 28 April 2016. Google Scholar2. Edenhofer O, Pichs-Madruga R, Sokona Y, Farahani E, Kadner S, Seyboth K, eds. et al. Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Working Group III Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. New York: Cambridge Univ Pr; 2014. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Note: Drs. Moyer and DeLong served as immediate past chair and immediate past vice chair, respectively, of the Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M15-2766. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoClimate Change and Health: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians Ryan A. Crowley and Climate Change and Health Erik Mondrow Climate Change and Health Daniel S. Berman Climate Change and Health Eric J. Reines Metrics Cited byGender Differences in Association between Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in the Capital of the Green Lungs of Poland–Population-Based Study with 2,953,000 Person-Years of Follow-Up 15 November 2016Volume 165, Issue 10Page: 747-748KeywordsClimate changeDisclosureEnvironmental healthFoodHealth careHealth care sectorMeatPrevention, policy, and public healthPublic policyScientists ePublished: 15 November 2016 Issue Published: 15 November 2016 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2016 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...