Dying Green considers the environmental costs of common healthcare practices, raising an urgent question: in striving to improve the health outcomes of individual patients, are we damaging human health on a global scale? Offering a comparative analysis of the care provided to terminally ill patients in different settings, it envisions a more sustainable approach to healthcare. 

CHRISTINE VATOVEC is a research assistant professor at the University of Vermont, an award-winning lecturer, and a fellow at the Gund Institute for Environment.

 

Introduction 
1 Focal Point: End-of-Life Medical Care
2 Medical Waste
3 Medical Supplies
4 Pharmaceuticals
5 Patients
6 Conclusions and Practical Implications
Acknowledgments
Appendix A A Note on Methods
Appendix B A Note on Theory
Appendix C Institutional Data on Materials Used
at Hopewell Hospital and Baluster Hospice
Notes
References
Index