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This textbook,edited by Mark Harber, has just been publishedand includes a chapter on "Climate Change, Sustainability, and Nephrology" by myself and John Agar.
Primer on Nephrology (2022)
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Overview
The Healthier Futures Action Fund was set up to support individuals and teams within NHS organisations kick-start innovative initiatives or ideas that will improve health and patient care,…
Publication:Operating room waste management: A case study of primary hip operations at a leading National Health Service hospital in the United Kingdom - Melissa Pegg, Rebecca Rawson, Uchechukwu…
*please note: this article is behind a paywall*
Abstract
The current global ecological crisis threatens to irreversibly alter the conditions under which human civilization has evolved. Within…
The study used life cycle assessment (LCA) to estimate the environmental impacts and financial cost of repairing surgical scissors. The functional unit was one use of a reusable surgical scissor, and…
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June 2022
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Rizan, C., Brophy, T., Lillywhite, R., Reed M. & Bhutta, M. F.
Podiatrists, as allied health professionals, have wide community engagement, and hence, can model positive
environmental practices, which may be effective in changing wider community behaviours, as…
This report aims to calculate and analyze the carbon footprint of 17 of the most common dental procedures, and to indentify types of service which are responsible for large amounts of greenhouse gas…
This is an article from the IPEM (Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine) newsletter by Imperial College Healthcare Trust's Principal Nuclear Medicine Physicist, Laura Perry, outlining some…
'The demand for eye care—the most common medical speciality in some countries—is increasing globally due to both demographic change and the development of eye health-care services in low-income and…
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June 2022
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Buchan, C., Thiel, C., Steyn, A., Somner, R., Venkatesh, R., Burton, M. and Ramke, J.