Environmental sustainability in hospitals–a systematic review and research agenda

F McGain, C Naylor - Journal of health services research & …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives Hospitals are significant contributors to natural resource depletion and
environmental change. Our objective was to establish the extent to which hospital …

On the evolution of “Cleaner Production” as a concept and a practice

L Hens, C Block, JJ Cabello-Eras… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract “Cleaner Production “(CP) is about less and more efficient energy and materials
use and the substitution of more harmful products (for the environment and health) by less …

Green endoscopy: British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), Joint Accreditation Group (JAG) and Centre for Sustainable Health (CSH) joint consensus on practical …

S Sebastian, A Dhar, R Baddeley, L Donnelly… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
GI endoscopy is highly resource-intensive with a significant contribution to greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions and waste generation. Sustainable endoscopy in the context of climate …

Fulfilling a new obligation: teaching and learning of sustainable healthcare in the medical education curriculum

SYM Tun - Medical Teacher, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Aims: Leading the growing international recognition of the need for sustainability in
healthcare delivery, the UK medical regulator has mandated that newly qualified doctors …

Faculty development and partnership with students to integrate sustainable healthcare into health professions education

SYM Tun, C Wellbery, A Teherani - Medical Teacher, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
There is an urgent need for health professionals to address the impacts of accelerating
global environmental change. Healthcare faculty therefore have to educate the rising …

Does intellectual capital promote the shift of healthcare organizations towards sustainable development? Evidence from Italy

C Cavicchi, E Vagnoni - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017 - Elsevier
Scholars recently urged for research able to unlock the link between sustainable
development (SD) strategy and intellectual capital (IC) at the organization level. In line with …

The ethical duty to reduce the ecological footprint of industrialized healthcare services and facilities

C Katz - The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
According to the widely accepted principles of beneficence and distributive justice, I argue
that healthcare providers and facilities have an ethical duty to reduce the ecological footprint …

[HTML][HTML] Back and forth on sustainable development: A focus on healthcare organisations

C Cavicchi, C Oppi, E Vagnoni - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The sustainability of healthcare systems represents a relevant target of the 2030 Sustainable
Development Goals Agenda. Nevertheless, academic research has neglected to study …

The environmental footprint of morphine: a life cycle assessment from opium poppy farming to the packaged drug

S McAlister, Y Ou, E Neff, K Hapgood, D Story… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To examine the environmental life cycle from poppy farming through to production
of 100 mg in 100 mL of intravenous morphine (standard infusion bag). Design 'Cradle-to …

Learning objectives for sustainable health care

T Thompson, S Walpole, I Braithwaite, A Inman… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
calls upon health professionals to “promote deep cuts in emissions of climate-active
pollutants now for the long-term protection of human welfare”. Sustainable Healthcare …