Book description
Sustainable Healthcare
gives an evidence-based overview of the topic and includes case studies
throughout in an easy-to-read and well-structured format for ease of
use. It is a comprehensive and practical review of the complex issues
that surround the development of sustainable medicine. It covers the
current global issues, critically evaluating and quoting from original
scientific sources and a wide range of ways in which those working in
healthcare can respond to the challenge of sustainability in their
private lives, their work with individuals, and within their
organizations is also discussed.
Knut Schroeder: General Practitioner, Concord Medical Centre
and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Centre for Academic Primary
Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol,
Bristol, UK
Trevor Thompson: General Practitioner and Reader in Healthcare
Education, Centre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social and
Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Kathleen Frith: President, Glynwood and former Managing
Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
David Pencheon: Director, NHS Sustainable Development Unit,
East of England Strategic Health Authority, Cambridge, UK
