# The future of medicine in a One Health world

## TL;DR

The paper argues for integrating environmental health into medicine through the One Health approach.

## Contribution

The paper proposes treating the environment as a patient to drive medical transformation.

## Key findings

- One Health is a recognized but underutilized approach in medicine.
- Incorporating environmental health could lead to significant medical advancements.

## Abstract

Long recognized as a breakthrough approach, One Health has been slow and piecemeal to infiltrate medical fields. Growing evidence suggests that it’s time for change by taking on a new patient—the environment.

Long recognized as a breakthrough synthetic approach, One Health has been slow and piecemeal to infiltrate medical fields. In this Perspective, John Gittleman argues that it’s time for change by taking on a new patient - the environment.