Authors

Catherine Pendrey

MBBS (Hons), BMedSci (Hons), DCH, GDipEcon, FRACGP-RG, MPhil (AppEpi), Chair, Climate and Health Specific Interest Group, RACGP, Melbourne, Vic; Visiting Researcher, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT; Director, Climate and Health Alliance, Melbourne, Vic

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Disaster planning in general practice

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Japanese encephalitis clinical update: Changing diseases under a changing climate

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General practice in the era of planetary health: Responding to the climate health emergency

The practice of medicine now requires greater appreciation of the impact of environmental systems on human health, as well as the impact of human systems on environmental health.