Sustainable medicines use in clinical practice: A clinical pharmacological view on eco‐pharmaco‐stewardship
| Autor: | Marie Fisk, Jamie J Coleman, Elizabeth Adeyeye, Fangyue Chen, Spoorthy Kulkarni, Benjamin Jaa Ming New |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Pharmacology
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Health Personnel Public health Public relations State Medicine Clinical Practice Greenhouse gas Sustainability Health care medicine Carbon footprint Humans Pharmacology (medical) Business Stewardship Suspect Delivery of Health Care Carbon Footprint |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 88:3023-3029 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2125 0306-5251 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bcp.15140 |
| Popis: | Climate change continues to pose a dangerous threat to human health. However, not only is health impacted by this crisis, healthcare itself adds to the problem, through significant contributions to greenhouse gas emissions. In the UK, the National Health Service (NHS) is responsible for an estimated 4% of the overall national carbon footprint. Medicines account for a quarter of this and whilst they are vital for health now, through sustainable use they can also positively influence the environmental health of the future. In this review, we explore how clinical pharmacologists and other health care professionals can practice sustainable medicines use or eco-pharmaco-stewardship. We will discuss current and near future environmental practices within the NHS, which we suspect will resonate with other health systems. We will suggest approaches for championing eco-pharmaco-stewardship in drug manufacturing, clinical practices and patient use, to achieve a more a sustainable healthcare system. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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