Foreword -- Definitions -- -- Summary -- The Product Environmental Footprint PEF -- Introduction and the aim of the report -- Material and methods -- Three analyses about eco-design tools and the relations between the PEF/OEF and the Nordic Swan Ecolabel -- References -- The past challenges of...

The management of chronic diseases is a prime challenge of most 21st century health care systems. Many Western countries have invested heavily in care plans oriented towards specific conditions and diseases, such as dementia and cancer. The major downside of this narrowly focused approach is...

Background: Standards, benchmarking, and audits are integral to quality monitoring in health and social service provision. Recent policy in the UK National Health Service dictating the need for increased consumer involvement necessitates that service users have significant input into the...