How is Global Climate Change Affecting Global Surgery and Surgical Nursing?
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Climate change, which has become one of the biggest threats to human health in our age, has been a subject of increasing concern from past to present. The nature, severity and frequency of diseases caused by climate change have the potential to negatively affect human health. There is an urgent need to improve perioperative care to address the unmet surgical disease burden, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Today, as the necessity and prevalence of surgical interventions have increased, the prevention and treatment of complications arising from these procedures has become of paramount importance. Since climate change is a matter of social justice, nurses, who constitute the largest group among health care professionals, are obliged to encourage people and intervene in climate change in order to ensure social justice. This review aims to explain the effects of the climate crisis on the field of surgery, surgical care and surgical nursing.
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