Health inequalities

Lancet: Tackling Climate Change Good for Health

by Frances Mortimer | Tue, 01/12/2009 - 20:23

The health benefits of strategies for tackling climate change were described as "a convenient truth" at the launch of groundbreaking research published by the Lancet last week.

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NHS Health and Climate Event at your desk

by Tim Nicholson | Tue, 30/06/2009 - 10:06
07/07/2009 - 13:00 - 13:30
The Campaign for Greener Healthcare
At this webcast event Fiona Godlee and other leading figures will be discussing the impact of the Age of Stupid film and how much the NHS has to gain from taking climate change seriously. The panel discussion will be followed by a brief Q&A session.
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Health: quality or quantity?

by William Bird | Tue, 05/05/2009 - 08:45
At what point do we stop extending lives? Like economic growth extending life year on year is taken for granted as a measure of success. But is success a population that is no happier? Is success an environment being destroyed by the consumption of drugs? Is success more people bedbound with severe health problems and minimal quality of life?
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