Not acknowledging the climate crisis for what it is, a growing existential threat to human health and survival, goes against everything physicians have sworn to uphold. I cannot understand this disconnect and cognitive dissonance. We still retain the public’s trust - for now. We must serve as the bridge between the hard climate scienctists and the public. Health care providers need to lead us out of this climate mess.
What role do you think health care providers should play in addressing the climate crisis? It is mostly written for them, my patients. The hope and despair, frailty and strength - these simple things I see in them inspired me to write this book. Or someone recovering from critical illness. A patient getting a long-awaited transplant. But to see them rise from the ashes! That is something. I don’t know the end, but I can, I hope, impart something to them - call it wisdom or simply keeping them human along with myself along the way. How has your work as a physician informed you as a writer?Įach patient is locked in their own story. With my busy medical practice, I cannot serve as an effective climate activist. “The Edge of Elsewhere” was inspired by my need to lend my hand to the climate crisis, which I see as the greatest health issue of the 21st century. What inspired you to write “The Edge of Elsewhere”?
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