Environmental Physiotherapy and the Case for Multispecies Justice in Planetary Health

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aut.relation.endpage2306
aut.relation.issue13
aut.relation.journalPhysiotherapy Theory and Practice
aut.relation.startpage2295
aut.relation.volume38
dc.contributor.authorMaric, F
dc.contributor.authorNicholls, DA
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-03T02:08:21Z
dc.date.available2023-03-03T02:08:21Z
dc.date.copyright2021-08-07
dc.description.abstractBackground: Global environmental change is fundamentally altering the composition and functioning of our planetary ecosystem. Effectively presenting the largest threat to the health of present and future generations, these changes and their health impacts are forcing us to think and practice healthcare in much broader terms than ever before. Objective: In this article, we provide an early outline for a radically otherwise, yet strangely familiar, environmental physiotherapy developed through a succession of carefully developed arguments. Discussion: We show how an underpinning belief in human exceptionalism has engendered an exploitative relationship with our natural planetary environment that has both shaped Western science and healthcare and led to our current environmental health crisis. Building on the dependence of human health on our planetary ecosystem, approaches like planetary health hold great promise for a corresponding, paradigmatic turn in healthcare. They fall short of this however, where they perpetuate anthropocentric interests and interventionist practices that have underpinned healthcare to date. Drawing on ethical and post-human philosophies we argue against human exceptionalism and for a solidarity that includes other-than-humans as the primary characteristic of planetary existence. Conclusion: Building on this foundation, we provide an early outline for a radically otherwise, yet strangely familiar, environmental physiotherapy, grounded in ecological awareness, multispecies justice, and a range of consonant practices of passivity and accompaniment, conceived as an alternative to the commonplace interventionism of healthcare.
dc.identifier.citationPhysiotherapy Theory and Practice, ISSN: 0959-3985 (Print); 1532-5040 (Online), TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 38(13), 2295-2306. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2021.1964659
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09593985.2021.1964659
dc.identifier.issn0959-3985
dc.identifier.issn1532-5040
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/15930
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09593985.2021.1964659
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectPlanetary health
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectenvironmental ethics
dc.subjectenvironmental philosophy
dc.subjectenvironmental physiotherapy
dc.subjectmultispecies justice
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectRehabilitation
dc.subjectGeneric health relevance
dc.subject16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
dc.subject1103 Clinical Sciences
dc.subject1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
dc.subject4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshEcosystem
dc.subject.meshSocial Justice
dc.subject.meshEnvironment
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Care
dc.subject.meshPhysical Therapy Modalities
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshEnvironment
dc.subject.meshEcosystem
dc.subject.meshSocial Justice
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Care
dc.subject.meshPhysical Therapy Modalities
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshEcosystem
dc.subject.meshSocial Justice
dc.subject.meshEnvironment
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Care
dc.subject.meshPhysical Therapy Modalities
dc.titleEnvironmental Physiotherapy and the Case for Multispecies Justice in Planetary Health
dc.typeJournal Article
pubs.elements-id439178
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