The health practitioner's guide to climate change : diagnosis and cure / edited by Jenny Griffiths [and others].

Date:
2009
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About this work

Publication/Creation

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009.

Physical description

xx, 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Greenhouse gas emissions : the hard facts / Felicity Liggins -- Climate change is deadly : the health impacts of climate change / Mala Rao -- Health and the natural environment / David Stone -- The health benefits of action on climate change / Ian Roberts -- Leadership : how to influence national and international policy / Mike Gill and Robin Stott -- How to help to plan a healthy, sustainable, low-carbon community / Hugh Barton, Marcus Grant and Philip Insall -- How you can make a real difference / Lindsey Stewart and Alan Maryon-Davis -- How to help people to change behaviour / Lucy Reynolds and Allison Thorpe -- How to take action in the community / Jenny Griffiths -- How to help organizations to take action / Jenny Griffiths and Lucy Reynolds -- How health services can act / David Pencheon -- How to prepare for the health effects of climate change / Giovanni Leonardi.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WB700 2009H43
    Open shelves

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9781844077281
  • 1844077284
  • 9781844077298
  • 1844077292