Guest guest Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 1. Beyond the Patient Prescriptions for an ailing society by Lee Thirer excerpt: “Our focus has always been on taking care of the immediate patient in front of us,†says Calista Hunter, an internist in Lafayette, California. “That’s all we really focus on. My hope is that physicians, as they become more environmentally aware, will realize that they can help a lot more people by addressing environmental issues that influence their patients.†Hunter serves on the board of the Berkeley-based Teleosis Institute, one of a half-dozen U.S. nonprofits devoted to ecological medicine. Teleosis has two main goals: preventing the environmental causes of harm and stopping health care itself from contributing to them. http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/220/ [Note from who is posting this: I think the article does not go far enough in covering environmental issues such as mold and chemicals in indoor environments, but the Teleosis Institute is definitely moving in the right direction. Might be worth passing on the information to open-minded healthcare professionals...] 2. MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE ABOVE, THE GROUP **HEALTH CARE WITHOUT HARM** TAKES A STRONG STANCE ON PESTICIDES, FRAGRANCES AND TOXIC CLEANING PRODUCTS IN HOSPITALS: http://www.noharm.org/us/pesticidesCleaners/issue Weeber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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