Health and Inequality : Geographical Perspectives.
Title:
Health and Inequality : Geographical Perspectives.
Author:
Curtis, Sarah.
ISBN:
9781847871183
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (277 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- 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 Cities -- 8 Geography of an Infectious Disease: the example of tuberculosis -- 9 Health Geography in Strategies to Improve Public Health -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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