Dying Green considers the environmental costs of common healthcare practices, raising an urgent question: in striving to improve the health outcomes of individual patients, are we damaging human health on a global scale? Offering a comparative analysis of the care provided to terminally ill patients in different settings, it envisions a more sustainable approach to healthcare.
Dying Green considers the environmental costs of common healthcare practices, raising an urgent question: in striving to improve the health outcomes of individual patients, are we damaging human health on a global scale? Offering a comparative analysis of the care provided to terminally ill patients in different settings, it envisions a more sustainable approach to healthcare.
CHRISTINE VATOVEC is a research assistant professor at the University of Vermont, an award-winning lecturer, and a fellow at the Gund Institute for Environment.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1 Focal Point: End-of-Life Medical Care 2 Medical Waste 3 Medical Supplies 4 Pharmaceuticals 5 Patients 6 Conclusions and Practical Implications Acknowledgments Appendix A A Note on Methods Appendix B A Note on Theory Appendix C Institutional Data on Materials Used at Hopewell Hospital and Baluster Hospice Notes References Index
Introduction 1 Focal Point: End-of-Life Medical Care 2 Medical Waste 3 Medical Supplies 4 Pharmaceuticals 5 Patients 6 Conclusions and Practical Implications Acknowledgments Appendix A A Note on Methods Appendix B A Note on Theory Appendix C Institutional Data on Materials Used at Hopewell Hospital and Baluster Hospice Notes References Index
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