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This is a interesting alternative to the CSH principles of sustainable healthcare and the GNHS workstreams.
'We propose five policy principles:
1. Reduce healthcare demand through increased…
'The demand for eye care—the most common medical speciality in some countries—is increasing globally due to both demographic change and the development of eye health-care services in low-income and…
Published date
June 2022
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Buchan, C., Thiel, C., Steyn, A., Somner, R., Venkatesh, R., Burton, M. and Ramke, J.
New paper launched in conjunction with the new HealthcareLCA database. Paper discusses the new open-access database, methods and everything known about life cycle assessments (LCA's) in healthcare so…
Publication in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Abstract
There is a bidirectional relationship between climate change and health care. Climate change threatens public health, and…
*please note: this article is behind a paywall*
Abstract
The current global ecological crisis threatens to irreversibly alter the conditions under which human civilization has evolved. Within…
This is an article from the IPEM (Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine) newsletter by Imperial College Healthcare Trust's Principal Nuclear Medicine Physicist, Laura Perry, outlining some…
Abstract: Climate change has been increasingly recognized in the healthcare sector over recent years, with global implications in infrastructure, economics, and public health. As a result, a growing…
Published date
April 2022
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Engler, Ian D. MD; Curley, Andrew J. MD; Fu, Freddie H. MD, et al
This article aims for readers to be able to:
Outline the importance of the biosphere and its constituent parts.
Describe the impact of pollution and climate change on each other and on the…
It has become apparent that the climate crisis is reaching critical levels and Governments and key organisations are recognising the need for change. A review of current literature reveals very little…
This article explores systems theory and behaviour change for environmentally sustainable orthopaedics and trauma healthcare, but the main principles are transferrable to all types of healthcare…
