How Should We Respond to Health Care Generating Environmental Harm?
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DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.1004
Abstract: Clinicians and organizations in the health sector have healing missions, and physicians, specifically, take oaths to "do no harm." Yet, paradoxically, health care operations contribute to pollution and exacerbate environmental disease burden. This article offers… read more here.
Keywords: respond health; health; care generating; generating environmental ... See more keywords
How Should We Respond to Health Sector Emissions That Exacerbate Climate Change and Inequity?
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DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.927
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… read more here.
Keywords: inequity; respond health; health; climate ... See more keywords