Read the article on Canvas from the New England Journal of Medicine on the health effects of climate change on children. Climate Change, Fossil-Fuel Pollution, and Childrens Health, by Frederica Perera, Dr.P.H., Ph.D., and Kari Nadeau, M.D., Ph.D
After you have read this article, please answer the following questions. Write about one paragraph per answer. Write no more than 4 double-spaced pages.
QUESTIONS:
1. What are some of the adverse effects of climate change on the health of young children? Identify the three adverse effects described in the article that seem the most important to you. Why these three?
2. Consider the five key principles of health care ethics that we have discussed in class (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, utility and justice). Which two medical ethical principles do health care practitioners most need to follow when it comes to children and climate change? Why?
3. Do you think it is safe to bring children into a world where climate change may cause very bad effects on their health and development during the rest of the 21st century? Explain.
4. According to the article, are there socio-economic disparities in the impact of climate change on children? Explain with examples from the article.
5. Identify the climate-mitigation strategy that the authors describe that seems most important to you in reducing the adverse effects of climate change on children. Why did you select that strategy? Do you think the world will accomplish it? Why or why not?
6. Should health care practitioners be activists against the continued use of fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas? Why or why not?
Please only use the article as sources
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