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- Title
How Should We Respond to Health Sector Emissions That Exacerbate Climate Change and Inequity?
- Authors
Bryan, Ava Ferguson; Yates, Elizabeth; Tummala, Neelima
- Abstract
A warming climate poses substantial risk to public health and worsens existing health inequity. As a contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, the health sector has obligations and ample opportunities to protect health by decreasing waste and motivating more system-wide sustainable clinical practices. Such efforts will have important ethical implications for health equity.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RISK factors of environmental exposure; HEALTH care industry; PARTICULATE matter; AIR pollution; GREENHOUSE gases; PUBLIC health; CONTINUING education units; MEDICAL care; RISK assessment; GREENHOUSE effect; HEALTH equity; MEDICAL waste disposal; CLIMATE change
- Publication
AMA Journal of Ethics, 2022, Vol 24, Issue 10, p927
- ISSN
2376-6980
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/amajethics.2022.927