How Should We Respond to Health Care Generating Environmental Harm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15747642 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy Collins (0000-0003-1978-280X, Health Care Without Harm, corresponding author), Shanda Demorest (0000-0003-3763-8131, Health Care Without Harm) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | E1004-1012 |
| 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.2022.1004 |
| PMID | 36215193 |
| OpenAlex | W4304117276 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
Clinicians and organizations in the health sector have healing missions, and physicians, specifically, take oaths to "do no harm." Yet, paradoxically, health care operations contribute to pollution and exacerbate environmental disease burden. This article offers a view of how health sector actions exacerbate climate warming and iatrogenically harm global public health and argues that clinicians and organizations have ethical responsibilities to respond
Business · Do no harm · Harm · Health care · Political science · Psychiatry · Public health · Public relations · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Medicine · Nursing
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |