Applying Climate-Informed Clinical Medical Ethics in Practice

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Clinical medical ethics (CME) is the prototypically human-focused branch of bioethics. Its focus has been human medical practice, with a goal of “[helping] patients, families, physicians, and other health professionals reach good clinical decisions by taking into account both the specific clinical situation and the patient’s values and preferences” (Jonsen and Siegler). To date, CME has largely separated human health from environmental concerns. The authors previously discussed how the global, diffusely biotic, and intergenerational problems of climate change can and should be reconciled with an ethic guiding human medical practice, and from which moral grounding climate-informed CME can promote a flourishing of both human health and the environment. The authors then established a revised scope for CME and formulated a practical approach to this revised scope based on Jonsen and Siegler’s Four Topics model. This chapter reviews this background and builds on it, offering practical guidance for the use of climate-informed CME into clinical care. The authors consider how climate-informed CME augments healthcare professionals’ responsibilities during clinical care, specially focusing on the domains of counseling, role modeling, and clinician training. It then discusses three key issues related to the implementation of climate-informed CME: inadvertent conflicts with health equity, conflicts and the maintenance of therapeutic relationships, and informed consent.
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Authors Andrew Hantel, Gregory Alan Abel
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Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/9780197807262.003.0022
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https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197807262.003.0022
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