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

Jamsheer J. Talati; Riaz Agha; Maliha Agha; Richard David Rosin

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2011.05.003

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

Jamsheer J. Talati
, Riaz Agha
, Maliha Agha
, Richard David Rosin

Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, Medical College, Pakistan

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	444-450
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Surgery
Volume	9
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2011.05.003
Publication status	Published - 2011

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Cancer
Iatrogenic disease
Nuclear disaster
Pollution
Prevention
Public health role for physicians
Surgical workforce

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

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