Rural Health Special: Harrison Hamblin

Born and bred in the rural New South Wales town of Young, Harrison is passionate about a career in rural general practice, not only fuelled by his ambition to improve the lives of fellow rural Australians but equally driven by the opportunities he believes it provides for personal growth.

How planetary health can improve the lives of patients

A sense of social justice is what first drew me to the discipline of planetary health – that the poorest and most vulnerable communities, often those who have tread lightest on this earth, would be those most harmed by climate change; that future generations may be confronted by a natural world lacking in the stability…