Greening Health Care - How Hospitals Can Heal the Planet (Paperback)

The relationship between hospitals and the environment is defined by a glaring contradiction: as health care facilities deliver care at any cost, their environmental footprint -- pollution, waste production, unsustainable food services -- contributes to harming community health. Greening Health Care examines the intersections of health care and environmental health, both in terms of traditional failures and the revolution underway to fix them. Authored by one of the pioneers in health care's green movement, it presents practical solutions for health care organizations and clinicians to improve their environments and the health of their communities. Topics include: making food services sustainable, managing hospital waste, and relevant impacts/mitigating measures related to climate change. As environmental protection grows into an imperative for all aspects of society, Greening Health Care offers an historical and practical approach to sustainable health care delivery.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2014
First published:	August 2014
Authors:	Kathy Gerwig (Vice President of Employee Safety, Health and Wellness, and Environmental Stewardship Officer)
Dimensions:	234 x 171 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-938583-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Hospital administration & management Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
LSN:	0-19-938583-1
Barcode:	9780199385836

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