Carbon Emissions from Overuse of U.S. Health Care: edical and Ethical Problems

The United States health care industry is the second largest in the world, expending an estimated 479 million metric tons (MMT) of carbon dioxide per year, nearly 8 percent of the country's total emissions. The importance of carbon reduction in health care is slowly being accepted. However, eff...

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Authors: Thiel, Cassandra L. 19XX- (Author) ; Richie, Cristina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley 2022
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2022, Volume: 52, Issue: 4, Pages: 10-16
Further subjects:B environmental bioethics
B carbon reduction
B health care delivery
B Climate Change
B Bioethics
B health care carbon
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