How Should We Respond to Health Sector Emissions That Exacerbate Climate Change and Inequity?

Authors

Ava Ferguson Bryan, General surgery resident and American College of Surgeons-MacLean Center surgical ethics fellow at the University of Chicago in Illinois.
Elizabeth Yates, General surgery resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Neelima Tummala, Clinical assistant professor of surgery in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, and co-director of the university's Climate and Health Institute.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

10-1-2022

Journal

AMA journal of ethics

Volume

24

Issue

10

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 by decreasing waste and motivating more system-wide sustainable clinical practices. Such efforts will have important ethical implications for health equity.

APA Citation

Ferguson Bryan, Ava; Yates, Elizabeth; and Tummala, Neelima, "How Should We Respond to Health Sector Emissions That Exacerbate Climate Change and Inequity?" (2022). GW Authored Works. Paper 1822.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/1822

Department

Surgery