A qualitative study of what motivates and enables climate-engaged physicians in Canada to engage in health-care sustainability, advocacy, and action

OD Luo, Y Razvi, G Kaur, M Lim, K Smith… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Increasing numbers of health-care professionals are aware of the need to deliver low-
carbon sustainable health systems. We aimed to explore how physicians can be motivated …

How environmental impact is considered in economic evaluations of critical care: a scoping review

A Carrandi, C Nguyen, WC Tse, C Taylor… - Intensive care …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Health care is a major contributor to climate change, and critical care is one of the
sector's highest carbon emitters. Health economic evaluations form an important component …

What's new in intensive care: environmental sustainability

T Bein, S Koch, C Schulz - Intensive Care Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Human activity existentially threatens the earth's ecosystems, on which economic prosperity
and human health depend. The most severe consequences of jeopardizing these …

[HTML][HTML] How to engage healthcare providers in preventing medication waste through individualized prescribing and dispensing: A qualitative study

EM Smale, IB van der Werff, BJF van den Bemt… - Research in Social and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Medication waste is a threat to healthcare's sustainability. To prevent
medication waste in patients' homes, medication quantities prescribed and dispensed to …

[HTML][HTML] Nurses' perceptions, attitudes, and perspectives in relation to climate change and sustainable healthcare practices: A systematic review

EA Yeboah, ARA Adegboye, R Kneafsey - The Journal of Climate Change …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Climate change threatens human existence and is caused by increasing
carbon emissions. Healthcare systems generate about 5% of global net CO2 emissions …

Nurses as boundary actors in sustainable health care: a discussion paper

J Law, MR Kalogirou, S Dahlke - Witness: The Canadian …, 2021 - witness.journals.yorku.ca
The devastating global health impacts of climate change are becoming more apparent and
more frequent. Health care systems are increasingly burdened by the response to these …

Critical care nurses' experiences on environmental sustainability: A qualitative content analysis

D Bartoli, F Petrosino, L Midolo, G Pucciarelli… - Intensive and Critical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Intensive care units (ICUs) are the primary producers of greenhouse
gas emissions within hospitals, due to the use of several invasive materials. Nurses …

Past, present, and future of sustainable intensive care: narrative review and a large hospital system experience

FN Masud, F Sasangohar, I Ratnani, S Fatima… - Critical Care, 2024 - Springer
Healthcare systems are large contributors to global emissions, and intensive care units
(ICUs) are a complex and resource-intensive component of these systems. Recent global …

Physiotherapists' experiences of managing persons with suspected cauda equina syndrome: Overcoming the challenges

C Paling, C Hebron - Musculoskeletal Care, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is rare, but its symptoms are not and
musculoskeletal physiotherapists frequently encounter persons with suspected CES. Given …

The Greta Thunberg effect: student nurses' attitudes to the climate crisis

J Richardson, J Aronsson, D Clarke, J Grose - 2021 - pearl.plymouth.ac.uk
The risks of the climate crisis and environmental damage have recently been highlighted in
the media–for example, through the actions of climate activist Greta Thunberg. The negative …