Environmental Determinants of Health-Time to Redefine the Social History?

JAMA. 2024 Dec 10;332(22):1881-1882. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.19490.
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This Viewpoint discusses how increasing climate change and other environmental hazards contribute to greater adverse health effects, particularly for socially vulnerable populations, and calls for improved gathering of social and environmental history data and risk assessment in routine patient encounters.