Greening health care : how hospitals can heal the planet /
Gerwig, Kathy,
Greening health care : how hospitals can heal the planet / Kathy Gerwig. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references.
Launching a green revolution in health care -- The health implications of climate change -- The business case for total health -- Food for health -- Managing and minimizing hospital waste -- Green chemicals and the detoxing of health care -- Environmentally preferable purchasing: what we buy matters -- Greening the built health care environment -- Measuring and reporting: sustainability gets sophisticated -- Community benefit and the determinants of health.
"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"--Publisher's description
9780199385843 (electronic bk.) 019938584X (electronic bk.) 1306949165 9781306949163
626167 MIL
Hospital buildings--Design and construction.--United States
Hospital buildings--Environmental engineering--United States.
Conservation of natural resources--United States.
Environmental health--United States.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environmental health.
Hospital buildings--Maintenance and repair.
Hospital Design and Construction
Conservation of Natural Resources
Environmental Health
Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital
Hôpitaux (Édifices)--Conception et construction.--États-Unis
Hôpitaux (Édifices)--Technique de l'environnement--États-Unis.
Conservation des ressources naturelles.
Hygiène du milieu.
Hôpitaux (Édifices)--Entretien et réparations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environmental health.
Hospital buildings--Design and construction.
Hospital buildings--Environmental engineering.
United States
United States.
Electronic books.
RA967
362.11068/2
WX 140 AA1 / G387g 2015
Greening health care : how hospitals can heal the planet / Kathy Gerwig. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references.
Launching a green revolution in health care -- The health implications of climate change -- The business case for total health -- Food for health -- Managing and minimizing hospital waste -- Green chemicals and the detoxing of health care -- Environmentally preferable purchasing: what we buy matters -- Greening the built health care environment -- Measuring and reporting: sustainability gets sophisticated -- Community benefit and the determinants of health.
"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"--Publisher's description
9780199385843 (electronic bk.) 019938584X (electronic bk.) 1306949165 9781306949163
626167 MIL
Hospital buildings--Design and construction.--United States
Hospital buildings--Environmental engineering--United States.
Conservation of natural resources--United States.
Environmental health--United States.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environmental health.
Hospital buildings--Maintenance and repair.
Hospital Design and Construction
Conservation of Natural Resources
Environmental Health
Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital
Hôpitaux (Édifices)--Conception et construction.--États-Unis
Hôpitaux (Édifices)--Technique de l'environnement--États-Unis.
Conservation des ressources naturelles.
Hygiène du milieu.
Hôpitaux (Édifices)--Entretien et réparations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environmental health.
Hospital buildings--Design and construction.
Hospital buildings--Environmental engineering.
United States
United States.
Electronic books.
RA967
362.11068/2
WX 140 AA1 / G387g 2015