Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Health System Sustainability
eBook - ePub

Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Health System Sustainability

  1. 480 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Health System Sustainability

About this book

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.

The book begins by exploring how climate change is affecting human health through the increasing frequency of natural disasters, such as bush fires, droughts and heatwaves, and the emergence of new infectious diseases, such as the SARS-CoV2 virus, all of which drive up demand for health services that are already heavily burdened by increasing rates of chronic diseases and ageing populations. Chapters then turn to the contribution of the healthcare system itself to climate changeā€” explaining how current clinical practices, including wasteful care of low value, create an unsustainable carbon footprint and threaten the very viability of healthcare systems. Throughout the volume, descriptions of practical solutions and implemented case studies are used to illustrate the feasibility of taking action in the real world of the healthcare delivery ecosystem.

Bringing together a mix of forward-thinking environmental and health researchers, policymakers, leaders, managers, clinicians, patients, and health industry leaders to clarify the current state and future of sustainable healthcare systems, this book will be of interest to researchers and policymakers of climate and health systems.

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Yes, you can access Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Health System Sustainability by Jeffrey Braithwaite,Yvonne Zurynski,Carolynn K-lynn Smith in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Health Policy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781032410654
eBook ISBN
9781040000861
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Health Policy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Editorsā€™ Acknowledgements
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of figures
  8. List of tables
  9. List of boxes
  10. Editorsā€™ biographies
  11. Contributing author biographies
  12. Preface
  13. Part I To begin
  14. Part II The effects of climate change on human health and healthcare system sustainability
  15. Part III The impacts of healthcare delivery on environmental sustainability: Challenges and solutions
  16. Part IV What does it all mean?
  17. Index