{"title":"Note on Front Matter","authors":"Michael Blackie","doi":"10.1353/lm.2022.0001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A February 2022 World Health Organization news release estimates that through just one of its global response initiatives some \"87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment . . . was procured between March 2020 [and] November 2021,\" most of which \"ended up as waste. On one level, I take some measure of reassurance when I see a mask of any kind littering the street because it means someone took seriously the public health benefits of wearing it. \"Tonnes of COVID-19 Health Care Waste Expose Urgent Need to Improve Waste Management Systems.\"","PeriodicalId":44538,"journal":{"name":"LITERATURE AND MEDICINE","volume":"40 1","pages":"3 - 4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"LITERATURE AND MEDICINE","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lm.2022.0001","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A February 2022 World Health Organization news release estimates that through just one of its global response initiatives some "87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment . . . was procured between March 2020 [and] November 2021," most of which "ended up as waste. On one level, I take some measure of reassurance when I see a mask of any kind littering the street because it means someone took seriously the public health benefits of wearing it. "Tonnes of COVID-19 Health Care Waste Expose Urgent Need to Improve Waste Management Systems."
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Literature and Medicine is a journal devoted to exploring interfaces between literary and medical knowledge and understanding. Issues of illness, health, medical science, violence, and the body are examined through literary and cultural texts. Our readership includes scholars of literature, history, and critical theory, as well as health professionals.
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