Environmentally sustainable health care: the opportunities and challenges of life cycle assessments

IF 21.6 1区 医学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Anna Roe Rasmussen MD , Prof Michael Zwicky Hauschild PhD , Prof Stig Brorson MD PhD
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Abstract

The health-care sector is a substantial contributor to climate change. To address this global issue, more than 120 countries committed to creating environmentally sustainable health systems at the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference held in November, 2023. Sustainability is thus becoming increasingly important for clinical practice. Life cycle assessments quantify the environmental sustainability of systems, products, and processes such as medical interventions. In this Personal View, we explain the fundamental concepts and principles of the methodology in the context of health care, intended for readers new to the field. The opportunities and challenges of applying this methodology to the delivery of health care are also discussed, as sustainability will become an important consideration in clinical decision making.
环境上可持续的保健:生命周期评估的机遇和挑战。
卫生保健部门是造成气候变化的一个重要因素。为解决这一全球性问题,120多个国家在2023年11月举行的第28届联合国气候变化大会上承诺建立环境可持续的卫生系统。因此,可持续性对临床实践变得越来越重要。生命周期评估量化了系统、产品和过程(如医疗干预)的环境可持续性。在这个个人观点中,我们解释了卫生保健背景下方法论的基本概念和原则,旨在为该领域的新读者。由于可持续性将成为临床决策的重要考虑因素,因此还讨论了将这种方法应用于医疗保健提供的机遇和挑战。
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CiteScore
28.40
自引率
2.30%
发文量
272
审稿时长
8 weeks
期刊介绍: The Lancet Planetary Health is a gold Open Access journal dedicated to investigating and addressing the multifaceted determinants of healthy human civilizations and their impact on natural systems. Positioned as a key player in sustainable development, the journal covers a broad, interdisciplinary scope, encompassing areas such as poverty, nutrition, gender equity, water and sanitation, energy, economic growth, industrialization, inequality, urbanization, human consumption and production, climate change, ocean health, land use, peace, and justice. With a commitment to publishing high-quality research, comment, and correspondence, it aims to be the leading journal for sustainable development in the face of unprecedented dangers and threats.
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