Greening health care : how hospitals can heal the planet /

This volume 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 clini...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gerwig, Kathy (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Hospital buildings > United States > Design and construction. Hospital buildings > Environmental engineering > United States. Conservation of natural resources > United States. Environmental health > United States. Hospital Design and Construction. Conservation of Natural Resources. Environmental Health. Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital. United States. Ebooks. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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.