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HCS_455_Week_4_Long.docx Health Care Issues HCS/455 Introduction There are many environmental issues that have effects on our healthcare system and policies that are in that system. This paper w... ill describe what issues are out there and what people or groups those issues impact. This paper will also describe the impact environmental issues have on the state and local level and how likely the environmental issues will change the health care policies. Effects of health care on our environment The relationships between humans and the global ecosystem are complex and still the subject of debate. Although individual human activity may seem insignificant, global human activity has an enormous impact and is contributing to climate change. It is also using natural resources in quantities that are unsustainable in the long term and in ways that can have a negative impact on health and wellbeing (Fitzpatrick, 2010). While the international community has yet to agree how to improve sustainability by reducing the impact of human activity, the UK has introduced a range of initiatives with the aim of doing so (Fitzpatrick, 2010). The most generally significant of these is the Climate Change Act, which became law in November 2008. This gave the government the right to require public bodies to report on how they have assessed the risks of climate change to their work, and what they are doing to address these risks (Fitzpatrick, 2010). As the third largest employer in the world and a major consumer of re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]
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