Sustainable Health Care

This compact, high-yield primer has been designed as a direct response to the urgent need to confront sustainability issues in health care, particularly with reference to the climate emergency. Drawing on current evidence of health systems’ environmental impact, as well as relevant theories and frameworks explained clearly for non-specialists, Sustainable Health Care sets out a vision for high-quality health care delivered sustainably while providing a practical plan to show readers how to get there.Key Features:Describes the main environmental impacts of healthcare globally, summarising current evidence on key topics, and presenting real-world case studies drawn from across the globeExplains the links between the environmental impacts of healthcare and the subsequent climate-induced illnesses that impact, and potentially overburden, health systemsDemonstrates the requirement for large-scale and urgent actionSummarises the need for – and challenges to – rapid development, translation and spread of innovations across different health systems and settings, in the context of environmental crisesEnables readers to appreciate the multiple perspectives and approaches underpinning more environmentally sustainable healthcare and the role of governments, industry, health systems, providers, funders, professionals and others in successfully delivering and spreading itEssential reading for clinical, managerial, and administrative staff working in healthcare globally, this primer also serves colleagues in health services research, medical and clinical education, and health policy and systems who are increasingly engaging with this emerging field.