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Opening Editorial

Educating for planetary health and environmentally sustainable health care: Responding with urgency

Michelle McLeana Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Trevor Gibbsb AMEE, Dundee, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;View further author information
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Judy McKimmc Program Director, MSc Leadership for the Health Profession, Swansea Medical School, Swansea, WalesORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8949-5067View further author information
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Pages 1082-1084 | Published online: 28 Jul 2020

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