Ecologically enhanced healthcare at the Mater hospitals: the intersection between sustainable delivery, Pope Francis' care of the common home and indigenous land care in an era of climate challenges

摘要

The changes we are causing to our global environment now threaten everyone's health. As such, health systems and professionals should consider environmental sustainability as part of good health and care. Climate change is only one of the global challenges we face, but the problems presented by ignoring it, and the immediate health benefits offered by addressing it, are too significant for health professionals to ignore. High-quality healthcare depends on addressing the social and environmental determinants of health and disease, more so in rural and indigenous areas. The Mater Hospital's reconciling Francis' global holistic approach to local Aboriginal expertise addresses both needs at the same time.