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Planetary Health Requires Tapestry Thinking—Overcoming Silo Mentality

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  • Susan L. Prescott

    (Nova Institute for Health, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
    Medical School, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
    Family and Community Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    ORIGINS Project, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia)

Abstract

Most people know the fabled story of the elephant and the “six blind men”, with each of them separately examining a different portion of the mysterious object before them and drawing a different conclusion without awareness of the whole picture—which could have been gleaned by sharing information with their neighbours (Figure 1) [...]

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  • Susan L. Prescott, 2023. "Planetary Health Requires Tapestry Thinking—Overcoming Silo Mentality," Challenges, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-6, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jchals:v:14:y:2023:i:1:p:10-:d:1062507
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