Integrating planetary health into healthcare: A document analysis

Maya R. Kalogirou, Sherry Dahlke, Sandra Davidson and Shelby Yamamoto

Health Policy, 2021, vol. 125, issue 6, 799-806

Abstract: Anthropogenic climate change poses a major health risk to humankind. The healthcare sector both contributes to climate change and is vulnerable to its impacts. Healthcare's greenhouse gas emissions are primarily derived from its supply chain: the production, transport, and disposal of goods.

Keywords: Climate change; Healthcare; Policy analysis; Planetary health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.04.002

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