The Health Practitioner's Guide to Climate Change : Diagnosis and Cure
Language: English
Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
- First Edition
- Softcover
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- Title
- The Health Practitioner's Guide to Climate Change : Diagnosis and Cure
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1844077292
- ISBN 13
- 9781844077298
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Item weight
- 1.356 pounds
- Dimensions
- N/A
Highly commended in the Public Health category, BMA Medical Awards 2010
There are enormous health benefits from tackling climate change. This is the first book to set out what health practitioners can do to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, to make health services sustainable, and to design healthy, sustainable communities.
The book:
- provides an introduction for health practitioners and students to climate change and its current and future health impacts
- describes the relationship between health and the environment
- gives facts and figures on greenhouse gas emissions
- sets out the huge benefits to health of acting on climate change
- explains what health practitioners can do - at home, at work and in their organizations, and
- shows how you can support action in communities, nationally and globally.
Essential reading for:
- health professionals, local government, built environment professionals
- students across all sectors of health, medicine and public administration
- community and voluntary sector, NGOs
- the business community involved in private healthcare.
The Health Practitioner's Guide to Climate Change is written by an authoritative group of authors from key organisations in the field, including the Met Office, the Faculty of Public Health, Natural England, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Climate and Health Council, the NHS Sustainable Development Unit, the Health Protection Agency, the University of the West of England, Sustrans and the National Social Marketing Centre.
Sponsored by The National Heart Forum and the National Social Marketing Centre.
Foreword by Dr. R.K. Pachauri, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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About the Author
Jenny Griffiths is a former health service manager and chief executive who now works independently.
Mala Rao is Director of the first Indian Institute of Public Health, based in Hyderabad.
Fiona Adshead was previously the deputy chief medical officer in the Department of Health for England and the chief government adviser on Health Inequalities.
Allison Thorpe is a Senior Research Associate at Brunel University.
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