News & Media Opinion Pieces MJA letter to the editor: A sustainable future in health, ensuring as health professionals our own house is in order and leading by example

MJA letter to the editor: A sustainable future in health, ensuring as health professionals our own house is in order and leading by example

“Congratulations to the Medical Journal of Australia for emphasising the role of health professionals in needing to lead by example towards a sustainable future,” write Drs Eugenie Kayak, Forbes McGain and Hayden Burch in their letter to the editor. “Talley’s editorial encourages health care professionals to reduce health care’s own carbon footprint and pollution…”

Read the full letter in the MJA. 

Please note: The full article is accessible to AMA members and paid subscribers. 

Further reading

For DEA articles, submissions and policies on sustainable healthcare, visit: https://dea.org.au/our-work/sustainable-healthcare/