Reviews
"Most of today's references to 'sustainable practices' underrepresent the true depth of the global problems we face. Tee Guidotti's new book gets serious about sustainability, defining it as simply 'balancing what is taken and what is given.' What comes into focus is how sustainability and health are forever linked, and that substantive change is needed before global health is irrevocably affected." -- William Leiss, PhD, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa "A timely book. The task of recharting a course to a sustainable future is great, urgent, and formidable. A clear understanding of the 'health and sustainability' relationship - and in particular that attaining environmental and social sustainability has enormous consequences for human wellbeing, happiness, health and survival - is essential." -- Anthony J. McMichael, from the foreword "This book may be Professor's Guidotti's opus given that it sums up and extends his eclectic and significant contributions over many years. This is a very useful reference." --DOODY'S "An ambitious look between topics typically examined separately, Health and Sustainability discusses how progress in these two areas is mutually dependent. Providing thoughtful ideas to those versed in health, sustainability, or both, it can serve well as an introduction into each of these topics." -Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, "Most of today's references to 'sustainable practices' underrepresent the true depth of the global problems we face. Tee Guidotti's new book gets serious about sustainability, defining it as simply 'balancing what is taken and what is given.' What comes into focus is how sustainability and health are forever linked, and that substantive change is needed before global health is irrevocably affected." -- William Leiss, PhD, McLaughlin Centre for PopulationHealth Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa"A timely book. The task of recharting a course to a sustainable future is great, urgent, and formidable. A clear understanding of the 'health and sustainability' relationship - and in particular that attaining environmental and social sustainability has enormous consequences for human wellbeing, happiness, health and survival - is essential." -- Anthony J. McMichael, from the foreword"This book may be Professor's Guidotti's opus given that it sums up and extends his eclectic and significant contributions over many years. This is a very useful reference." --DOODY'S"An ambitious look between topics typically examined separately, Health and Sustainability discusses how progress in these two areas is mutually dependent. Providing thoughtful ideas to those versed in health, sustainability, or both, it can serve well as an introduction into each of these topics." -Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, "Most of today's references to 'sustainable practices' underrepresent the true depth of the global problems we face. Tee Guidotti's new book gets serious about sustainability, defining it as simply 'balancing what is taken and what is given.' What comes into focus is how sustainability and health are forever linked, and that substantive change is needed before global health is irrevocably affected." -- William Leiss, PhD, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa "A timely book. The task of recharting a course to a sustainable future is great, urgent, and formidable. A clear understanding of the 'health and sustainability' relationship - and in particular that attaining environmental and social sustainability has enormous consequences for human wellbeing, happiness, health and survival - is essential." -- Anthony J. McMichael, from the foreword "This book may be Professor's Guidotti's opus given that it sums up and extends his eclectic and significant contributions over many years. This is a very useful reference." --DOODY'S, "Most of today's references to 'sustainable practices' underrepresent the true depth of the global problems we face. Tee Guidotti's new book gets serious about sustainability, defining it as simply 'balancing what is taken and what is given.' What comes into focus is how sustainability and health are forever linked, and that substantive change is needed before global health is irrevocably affected." -- William Leiss, PhD, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa"A timely book. The task of recharting a course to a sustainable future is great, urgent, and formidable. A clear understanding of the 'health and sustainability' relationship - and in particular that attaining environmental and social sustainability has enormous consequences for human wellbeing, happiness, health and survival - is essential." -- Anthony J. McMichael, from the foreword "This book may be Professor's Guidotti's opus given that it sums up and extends his eclectic and significant contributions over many years. This is a very useful reference." --DOODY'S"An ambitious look between topics typically examined separately, Health and Sustainability discusses how progress in these two areas is mutually dependent. Providing thoughtful ideas to those versed in health, sustainability, or both, it can serve well as an introduction into each of these topics." -Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, "Most of today's references to 'sustainable practices' underrepresent the true depth of the global problems we face. Tee Guidotti's new book gets serious about sustainability, defining it as simply 'balancing what is taken and what is given.' What comes into focus is how sustainability and health are forever linked, and that substantive change is needed before global health is irrevocably affected." -- William Leiss, PhD, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa "A timely book. The task of recharting a course to a sustainable future is great, urgent, and formidable. A clear understanding of the 'health and sustainability' relationship - and in particular that attaining environmental and social sustainability has enormous consequences for human wellbeing, happiness, health and survival - is essential." -- Anthony J. McMichael, from the foreword
Synopsis
Health and sustainability have become ubiquitous topics in all realms of popular discourse. What these discussions often overlook is the fact that the two concepts are interrelated, and that their surrounding policies and practices can often inform and reinforce each other. As sustainability measures are already in place across many levels of government, there is now an opportunity to extend these principles to improve health care and health care policy. Health and Sustainability: An Introduction details how the values of sustainability can be applied to the design of health systems and the delivery of primary care. By providing a practical framework for understanding complicated sustainability problems related to health, the book offers an authoritative resource for understanding: - health and environmental rights - parallels between human toxicology and ecotoxicology - how health promotion strategy can be a template for sustainability - health science and how it can be used to support decisions in health and sustainability - how scientific knowledge is achieved, understood, accepted, and used in health and environmental advocacy, and how this relates to sustainability Students and practitioners in health will benefit from this introduction to sustainability, and those in sustainability and environmental studies will benefit from this application to human health. Health and Sustainability offers a roadmap for successfully integrating these approaches for healthier people and environment., Health and Sustainability: An Introduction details how the values of sustainability can be applied to the design of health systems and the delivery of primary care., Health and sustainability have become ubiquitous topics in all realms of popular discourse. What these discussions often overlook is the fact that the two concepts are interrelated, and that their surrounding policies and practices can often inform and reinforce each other. As sustainability measures are already in place across many levels of government, there is now an opportunity to extend these principles to improve health care and health care policy. Health and Sustainability: An Introduction details how the values of sustainability can be applied to the design of health systems and the delivery of primary care. By providing a practical framework for understanding complicated sustainability problems related to health, the book offers an authoritative resource for understanding: * health and environmental rights* parallels between human toxicology and ecotoxicology* how health promotion strategy can be a template for sustainability* health science and how it can be used to support decisions in health and sustainability* how scientific knowledge is achieved, understood, accepted, and used in health and environmental advocacy, and how this relates to sustainabilityStudents and practitioners in health will benefit from this introduction to sustainability, and those in sustainability and environmental studies will benefit from this application to human health. Health and Sustainability offers a roadmap for successfully integrating these approaches for healthier people and environment., Health and sustainability have become ubiquitous topics in all realms of popular discourse. What these discussions often overlook is the fact that the two concepts are interrelated, and that their surrounding policies and practices can often inform and reinforce each other. As sustainability measures are already in place across many levels of government, there is now an opportunity to extend these principles to improve health care and health care policy. Health and Sustainability: An Introduction details how the values of sustainability can be applied to the design of health systems and the delivery of primary care. By providing a practical framework for understanding complicated sustainability problems related to health, the book offers an authoritative resource for understanding: - health and environmental rights- parallels between human toxicology and ecotoxicology- how health promotion strategy can be a template for sustainability- health science and how it can be used to support decisions in health and sustainability- how scientific knowledge is achieved, understood, accepted, and used in health and environmental advocacy, and how this relates to sustainabilityStudents and practitioners in health will benefit from this introduction to sustainability, and those in sustainability and environmental studies will benefit from this application to human health. Health and Sustainability offers a roadmap for successfully integrating these approaches for healthier people and environment.
