By supporting sustainability initiatives based on current, accurate, and unbiased evidence, physicians can fulfill their obligation to protect health.

Family planning to mitigate climate change should reflect patients’ values and preferences, which physicians should elicit during contraceptive counseling.

Climate change mitigation reforms of government policy, medical curricula, and health professions organizations should be the focus of physician advocacy.

Using social media tools in health-related research involves challenges to confidentiality, privacy, and consent.

Using focus groups to obtain stakeholder feedback can lead to epistemic injustices if the decision-making process is not perceived as procedurally fair.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to co-creation of health care systems.

An image of a husband and wife’s intertwined hands captures one patient’s inspiration for living.

Clinicians have an ethical obligation to promote health equity in their communities. This month, we discuss how clinicians worked to expose the water crisis in Flint, and explore ways that clinicians can combat systemic injustice and promote health equity.

Having current information about waterborne hazards enables physicians to understand the risks and help their patients protect themselves.

Physicians with interprofessional networks and environmental health training can better respond to public health crises.