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Liver
Review
Green hepatology: moving forward – evidence base and practicalities
  1. James B Maurice1,
  2. Mhairi Donnelly2
  1. 1 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Westbury on Trym, UK
  2. 2 Department of Hepatology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr James B Maurice, Hepatology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, UK; james.maurice{at}nbt.nhs.uk

Abstract

Healthcare services have a significant environmental cost that is contributing to the current climate crisis. Patients with liver disease are vulnerable to the consequences of environmental change, but progress has been slow in making hepatology services more sustainable. This article explores how climate change may impact on liver disease, how we may make early steps to apply the principals of sustainable healthcare into our daily practice and identifies areas for future research priorities.

  • CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE
  • CIRRHOSIS
  • DIET
  • EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • OBESITY

https://doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2023-102472

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    • Contributors JBM and MD equally contributed to the design and writing of the manuscript. Both authors approved the final version.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.