Changes in earth's atmosphere oceans soil weather patterns and ecosystems are well
documented by countless scientific disciplines. These manifestations of climate change harm
public health. Given their goals and social responsibilities influential health organizations
recognize health impacts compounded by geography social values social determinants of health
health behaviors and relationships between humans and environments primarily described in
feminist ethics and environmental ethics. Health impacts are relevant to but seldom addressed
in bioethics global health public policy or health or environmental policy. This book is the
first to describe cultural geographic and socioeconomic factors that influence the regional
significance of these impacts and frame them for bioethics and policy analyses.
