How Should US Health Care Lead Global Change in Plastic Waste Disposal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15747490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Navami Jain (Institute of Mathematical Statistics, corresponding author), Desiree Labeaud (Stanford Medicine) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | E986-993 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/amajethics.2022.986 |
| PMID | 36215191 |
| OpenAlex | W4304117737 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Disposal of health care waste is one of the biggest threats to global sustainable health care. Current practices of dumping domestic and international health care waste into the earth's terra firma and oceans also undermine global health equity by adversely affecting the health of vulnerable communities. While the United Kingdom works toward circular health care economy streams that produce minimal waste, the United States continues to amplify downstream environmental and health effects of health care organizational waste management decisions. This article suggests how to reframe social and ethical responsibility for health care waste production and management by assigning strict accountability to health care organizational leaders, incentivizing circular supply chain implementation and maintenance, and encouraging strong collaborations across medical, plastic, and waste industries
Business · Dumping · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Equity (law · Global health · Health care · International trade · Lead (geology · Natural resource economics · Political science · Environmental Science · Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management · Medicine
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |