Invited Perspective: Life Cycle Analysis: A Potentially Transformative Tool for Lowering Health Care's Carbon Footprint.

The article focuses on the approaches in lowering the carbon footprint of health care sector as they contribute to global climate change. Topics include the widely varying impacts of specific practices to climate change, the role of life cycle analysis (LCA) as a transformative tool in promoting sustainability in health care, and the technical and operational considerations in promoting sustainable practices in health care.