The environmental elephant in the office: medications

Emma McDermott; Roland Halil; W. Scott Nash; Rebecca J. Douglass; Anthony Train; Elizaveta Zvereva; Sujane Kandasamy; Danish Zahid; Myles Sergeant

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The environmental elephant in the office: medications

Emma McDermott, Roland Halil, W. Scott Nash, Rebecca J. Douglass, Anthony Train, Elizaveta Zvereva, Sujane Kandasamy, Danish Zahid and Myles Sergeant

Canadian Family Physician April 2025; 71 (4) 233-237; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7104233

Emma McDermott

Second-year resident in Public Health and Preventative Medicine with Integrated Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.

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Roland Halil

Clinical pharmacist with the Bruyère Academic Family Health Team and Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine with a cross appointment in the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Ottawa in Ontario.

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W. Scott Nash

Family physician with the Hamilton Family Health Team in Dundas, Ont, and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.

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Rebecca J. Douglass

Family physician in Hamilton and Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.

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Anthony Train

Family physician and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.

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Elizaveta Zvereva

Project coordinator and research assistant for the Green Initiative at the Hamilton Family Health Team.

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Sujane Kandasamy

Postdoctoral research fellow at McMaster University and a research assistant for the Green Initiative at the Hamilton Family Health Team.

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Danish Zahid

Medical student at McMaster University.

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Myles Sergeant

Family physician in Hamilton, Ont, Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University, Executive Director of the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, and co-lead of PEACH Health Ontario.

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Emma McDermott, Roland Halil, W. Scott Nash, Rebecca J. Douglass, Anthony Train, Elizaveta Zvereva, Sujane Kandasamy, Danish Zahid, Myles Sergeant

Canadian Family Physician Apr 2025, 71 (4) 233-237; DOI: 10.46747/cfp.7104233

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