Geographies of Health: An Introduction - Softcover

Gatrell, Anthony C.; Elliott, Susan J.

 
9781405175753: Geographies of Health: An Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1405175753 ISBN 13: 9781405175753
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

This revised and updated edition highlights the ways in which health may be studied from geographical perspectives, setting out the debates and reviewing the evidence that links health outcomes with social and physical environments.
 
Guiding the reader through the relevant theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and research, examples are provided from a range of geographical settings. Pedagogic features - including text boxes, suggestions further reading, and a guide to useful Internet resources - reinforce the book's reader -friendly approach.
 
Addressing areas in need of particular attention, such as globalization, contemporary health 'risks', and social health concerns such as the obesity 'epidemic', the second edition of Geographies of Health provides a full revision of the original text and includes a broader global coverage.

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Anthony C. Gatrell is Dean of the School of Health and Medicine and Professor of the Geography of Health at Lancaster University. His publications include Distance and Space: A Geographical Perspective (1983), Interactive Spatial Data Analysis (with Trevor Bailey) (1995), GIS and Health (edited with Markku Löytönen) (1998), and Geographies of Health (Blackwell, 2001).
 
Susan J. Elliott is Professor of Geography at McMaster University. She has published extensively in the area of effects on individual and community health of environmental exposures and was recently appointed to the United Nations University International Network on Water, Environment and Health.

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This revised and updated edition highlights the ways in which health may be studied from geographical perspectives, setting out the debates and reviewing the evidence that links health outcomes with social and physical environments.
 
Guiding the reader through the relevant theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and research, examples are provided from a range of geographical settings. Pedagogic features - including text boxes, suggestions further reading, and a guide to useful Internet resources - reinforce the book's reader -friendly approach.
 
Addressing areas in need of particular attention, such as globalization, contemporary health 'risks', and social health concerns such as the obesity 'epidemic', the second edition of Geographies of Health provides a full revision of the original text and includes a broader global coverage.

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Verlag
John Wiley & Sons
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1405175753
ISBN 13 
9781405175753
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
302
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