Are we ready to build health systems that consider the climate?

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-127

  Mayhew, Susannah ^a   van Belle, Sara ^a   Hammer, Michael ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTRAC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Health systems; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSCIOUSNESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIETY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WARMING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS;

EID: 84898052884     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: 17581060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1355819613516943     Document Type: Article

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