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Climate change and the prescription pad

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Physicians are increasingly concerned about the climate crisis. In September, 2019, health-care professionals participating in Extinction Rebellion action blocked the entrance to the UK's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to protest about impotent responses to climate change. Health Care Without Harm has formed a Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Network, “which has over 1650 members in more than 75 countries and every world region, who are using innovation, ingenuity, and investment to transform the health sector and foster a healthy, sustainable future”.

Source: The Lancet

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)02545-4

Authors: Cristina Richie, Aaron S Kesselheim, David S Jones

Institutions: Delft University of Technology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Climate Change and Health Impacts

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Climate action

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $6,500