Toward sustainable health-care services: Principles, challenges, and a process

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-127

  Jameton, Andrew ^a   McGuire, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Ethics; Health care; Pollution; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104131     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370210422348     Document Type: Review

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