Mounting evidence of the effect of pollution on human health is shaping the field of sustainability in clinical care. Jodi Sherman, MD and associate professor at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health, explains that healthcare pollution harms public health, is underappreciated and escapes oversight of health services.
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Palmer, L. Clinical sustainability. Nat Sustain 5, 638–639 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00942-4
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