ISN Green-K Webinar: Ethical challenges for Green Nephrology: getting the priorities right
- 4 PM CEST
As nephrology increasingly embraces environmentally sustainable practices, clinicians must navigate the complexities of delivering high-quality care while reducing environmental impact.
This ISN Green-K webinar explores ethical imperatives and dilemmas faced by kidney care professionals.
Imperatives regard, in hierarchical sequence : health equity (i.e. universal access to dialysis care); patients’ right of choosing treatments (implying the availability of different treatments); need to guarantee the best patient outcomes, and respecting planetary health, by wise resource allocation, avoiding futility and engaging in a reevaluation of the way dialysis is performed, and patients are involved.
The dilemmas include avoiding futility (ex. tailoring dialysis frequency to needs; reconsidering dialysate flows) versus following economic interests or being limited to (often obsolete) regulatory rules; organizing personalized care in the setting of reduced time to dedicate to the patients; combining limited resources with quality of care; setting the perimeter of care vs lifestyle interventions.
Join experts as they examine the difficult trade-offs and guide the conversation on setting ethical and clinical priorities in green nephrology.
Learning objectives:
- Identify the key imperatives in implementing sustainable kidney care practices.
- Explore how resource limitations and environmental goals intersect with clinical decisions.
- Discuss strategies to ensure equitable care while advancing green nephrology principles.
- Comment on how attention to sustainability may lead to reinvest in improving the overall quality of care (and not decreasing it)
Further reading:
- GREEN-K – Global Environmental Evolution in Nephrology and Kidney Care
- Our shared responsibility: the urgent necessity of global environmentally sustainable kidney care
- Green nephrology – Katherine A. Barraclough & John W. M. Agar. Nature Reviews Nephrology volume 16, pages 257–268 (2020)
- ISN Green-K Webinar: What is Green Nephrology and Where Do I Even Begin?
- ISN Green-K Webinar: Importance of prevention and delaying kidney failure in Green Nephrology
- ISN Green-K Webinar: Green Initiatives & Challenges in Kidney Care from High-Income Countries
Moderators
Shaifali Sandal (Canada)
Letizia De Chiara (Italy)
Speakers
Giorgina Barbara Piccoli (Italy)