Health Geographies: A Critical Introduction (Critical Introductions to Geography)
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (768 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118739035 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Building on the field’s past engagement with social theory it extends the focus of health geography into new areas of enquiry.Introduces key topics in health geography through clear and engaging examples and case studies drawn from around the worldIncorporates multi-disciplinary perspectives and approaches applied in the field of health geographyIdentifies both health and biomedical issues as a central area of concern for critically oriented health geographersFeatures material that is alert to questions of global scale and difference, and sensitive to the political and economic as well sociocultural aspects of healthProvides extensive pedagogic materials within the text and guidance for further study. Health Geographies: A Critical Introduction explores health and biomedical topics from a range of critical geographic perspectives
From the Back Cover Health Geographies explores critical approaches to health and biomedicine from geographical perspectives while engaging with social theory and issues of difference and inequality. . By offering readers a solid foundation of conceptual frameworks, Health Geographies provides all the necessary tools to facilitate a better understanding of myriad health issues in a twenty-first-century world of diverging experiences of identity, citizenship, power, and inequality. An extensive series of boxed material on important theoretical concepts, case studies and key authors, as well as discussion questions and suggested readings further enhance clarity. It extends the focus of an already criticall
His research interests focus on the geographies of caregiving and disability, and the post-asylum geographies of mental health. He has published widely across the medical and social sciences on socio-environmental inequalities in health and health behaviour and the evaluation of health and social policies to reduce them. Beth Greenhough is Associate Professor of Human Geography and Fellow of Keble