{"product_id":"dying-green-christine-vatovec-9781978832114","title":"Dying Green: A Journey Through End-Of-Life Medicine in Search of Sustainable Health Care","description":"The slow violence being inflicted on our environment--through everything from carbon emissions to plastic pollution--also represents an impending public health catastrophe. Yet standard health care practices are more concerned with short-term outcomes than long-term sustainability. Every resource used to deliver medical care, from IV tubes to antibiotics to electricity, has a significant environmental impact. This raises an urgent ethical dilemma: in striving to improve the health outcomes of individual patients, are we damaging human health on a global scale? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDying Green\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning educator Christine Vatovec offers an engaging study that asks us to consider the broader environmental sustainability of health care. Through a comparative analysis of the care provided to terminally ill patients in a conventional cancer ward, a palliative care unit, and an acute-care hospice facility, she shows how decisions made at a patient's bedside govern the environmental footprint of the healthcare industry. Likewise, \u003ci\u003eDying Green\u003c\/i\u003e offers insights on the many opportunities that exist for reducing the ecological impacts of medical practices in general, while also enhancing care for the dying in particular. By envisioning a more sustainable approach to care, this book offers a way forward that is better for both patients and the planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Vatovec\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978832117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978832114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.06w x 0.63d","brand":"Christine Vatovec","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078017806591,"sku":"9781978832114","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc9d7006-c371-4097-9ce7-e2c059fea170.jpg?v=1685473075","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dying-green-christine-vatovec-9781978832114","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}