Article
Reducing the need for surgeons by reducing pollution-derived workload: Is there a role for surgeons?
International Journal of Surgery
Publication Date
6-1-2011
Document Type
Review Article
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.
Citation Information
Jamsheer J Talati, Riaz Agha, Maliha Agha and Richard David Rosin. "Reducing the need for surgeons by reducing pollution-derived workload: Is there a role for surgeons?" International Journal of Surgery Vol. 9 Iss. 6 (2011) p. 444 - 450 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jamsheer_talati/25/