The Health Practitioner's Guide to Climate Change: Diagnosis and Cure / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9781844077281 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 09/18/2009 Series: Earthscan: Climate Edition description: 1 Pages: 400 Product dimensions: 6.60(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.50(d) 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, nat