Cutting nitrous oxide waste in hospitals, switching to reusable vaginal speculums for cervical screening, and prescribing tablets over intravenous drugs are just some of the tangible actions doctors can take to reduce the carbon footprint of healthcare.
What Should Be Done About Long-Term Care?
The problem of how to pay for long-term care continues to bedevil policy experts, with some arguing for a combination public-private insurance market and others