Health and Inequality : Geographical Perspectives
This textbook provides a comprehensive analysis of how geographical perspectives can be used to understand the problems of health inequalities. It relates theoretical arguments to specific landscapes and will be a key resource for understanding the articulation between theory and empirical methods for understanding health variation in urban areas
Specialized.
1 online resource (345 pages)
9781847871183, 9781446225936, 1847871186, 1446225933
1058200197
Cover; Contents; List of figures; List of boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing Geographical Perspectives on Health and Inequality; SECTION I
Geographical landscapes of health; 2 Therapeutic Landscapes: wellness, healing places and complementary therapies; 3 Landscapes of Power: surveillance, exclusion and social control; 4 Landscapes of Poverty and Wealth; 5 Landscapes of Consumption: care and commodification; 6 Ecological Landscapes: populations, air, water and ground; SECTION II
Integrating landscape perspectives:Aspects of health in urban settings. 7 The Geography of Mental Health in Cities8 Geography of an Infectious Disease: the example of tuberculosis; 9 Health Geography in Strategies to Improve Public Health; References; Index
English