Healthy People, Healthy Planet: Holistic Thinking

@article{Harvie2020HealthyPH,
  title={Healthy People, Healthy Planet: Holistic Thinking},
  author={Jamie Harvie and Erminia M. Guarneri},
  journal={Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility},
  year={2020},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:219409796}
}
  • J. HarvieE. Guarneri
  • Published in Health of People, Health of… 2020
  • Environmental Science, Medicine, Philosophy
  • Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility
This work explains healthcare’s significant climate footprint and the obligation and opportunity for the healthcare sector to think and act holistically, and how mechanistic thinking fuels ecological degradation, inequality, and adverse health outcomes.
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