Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Health System Sustainability

Herausgeber: Braithwaite, Jeffrey; Smith, Carolynn K-Lynn; Zurynski, Yvonne

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Produktbeschreibung

The Routledge Handbook on Climate Change and Health System Sustainability takes the reader on a journey to understand the interconnectedness of human health, climate change, and healthcare systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 183mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 968g
• ISBN-13: 9781032410654
• ISBN-10: 1032410655
• Artikelnr.: 70150462

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey Braithwaite Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Australia Yvonne Zurynski Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Australia Carolynn K-lynn Smith Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: To begin1.How we got to here. 2.Can we have a sustainable health
system? 3.Creating climate-resilient, sustainable health systems:
Perspectives from health minister. PART II:The effects of climate change on
human health and healthcare system sustainability. Section 1:Fundamental
issues. 4.Climate change: How worried should we be? 5.Who are we? Social
identity and sustainable healthcare in the Anthropocene. 6.Mental health in
a time of crisis: The detrimental effects of climate change.
7.Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in people and animals and
its potential impacts on planetary health. Section 2:Specific exemplars.
8.Australian bushfires, heatwaves, and disaster medicine. 9.Australian
bushfires 2019-20: Exploring the short-term health impacts. 10.Emergency
medicine in a climate crisis: Are we prepared? 11.Health system responses
to climate change in Australia. Section 3:Social justice and climate
change. 12.Population health perspective on extreme weather events and
emergency medical services. 13.Indigenous planetary health and the bridging
of Indigenous and conventional medicine systems. 14.Climate resilient
development: What does this mean for health in the Indo-Pacific region?
15.Climate change and access to healthcare: A case study of Africa.
16.Climate change in Africa case Studies: Role of healthcare and
sustainable interventions. PART III:The impact of healthcare delivery on
environmental sustainability: Challenges and solutions. Section 1:Towards
sustainability. 17.Climate change mitigation and healthcare sector
sustainability. 18.Sustainable quality improvement and other practical
solutions to implement sustainable healthcare. 19.Performance monitoring
for a sustainable health system: New wine, new bottles? Section 2:System
redesign. 20.'We argue that ... one simply cannot claim to be a "health"
care professional without advocating forcefully for the planet': Planetary
health needs to be included in health professions' education. 21.Digital
health solutions to climate change challenges. 22.Learning Healthcare
Systems: How to improve health system sustainability in the era of climate
change. 23.Is the Learning Health System 2.0 (LHS 2.0) a solution to
healthcare's climate challenges? Section 3:Structural perspectives on
healthcare and environmental sustainability. 24.One Health: Perspectives on
the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health.
25.Integrated care, system leadership and sustainability. 26.It's not what
you do, it's the way that you do it: Reducing the carbon footprint of
healthcare through models of integrated care. 27.Climate action and
healthcare - an Irish perspective. Section 4:Lowering the carbon footprint
of healthcare. 28.Reconfiguring health organisations for environmental
sustainability; implications for professions, work and management in
healthcare. 29.Think pathways, not buildings: Assessing the climate impact
of patient care pathways. 30.Greenifying the healthcare routine: Learnings
from bottom-up green medical activism in the Netherlands. 31.Towards zero
emissions in healthcare: The Italian experience. Section 5:Economic
perspectives on improving healthcare. 32.Ecological economics for health
and health systems. 33.What is overtreatment and why is it a problem?
34.Improving planetary and population health through frugal and reverse
innovation. PART IV:What does it all mean? 35.Bringing it together.
36.Creating sustainable healthcare systems to cope with a changing climate:
The time is now.