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“I teach it because it is the biggest threat to health”: Integrating sustainable healthcare into health professions education

Gabrielle Branda School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, Australia;b Monash Centre for Scholarship in Health Education, Monash University, Clayton, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jorja Collinsc Department of Nutrition, Dietetics & Food, Monash University Australia, Notting Hill, Australia;d Dietetics Department, Eastern Health, Box Hill, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9541-6129View further author information
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Gitanjali Bedie Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Clayton, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4521-7313View further author information
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James Bonnamya School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3676-4278View further author information
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Liza Barbourc Department of Nutrition, Dietetics & Food, Monash University Australia, Notting Hill, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1047-4691View further author information
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Chanika Ilangakoona School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0356-260XView further author information
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Rosie Wotherspoona School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0903-2776View further author information
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Margaret Simmonsf Monash Rural Health, Monash University, Churchill, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7648-4270View further author information
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Misol Kimg Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2134-1766View further author information
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Patricia Nayna Schwerdtlea School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, Australia;h Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3045-3145View further author information
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Pages 325-333 | Published online: 12 Nov 2020

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