Health and inequality: geographical perspectives
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Main Author: Curtis, Sarah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London SAGE Publications 2004
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-321) and index
Cover -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 -- Introducing Geographical Perspectives on Health and Inequality -- Section I: Geographical landscapes of health -- Chapter 2 -- Therapeutic Landscapes: wellness, healing places and complementary therapies -- Chapter 3 -- Landscapes of Power: surveillance, exclusion and social control -- Chapter 4 -- Landscapes of Poverty and Wealth -- Chapter 5 -- Landscapes of Consumption: care and commodification -- Chapter 6 -- Ecological Landscapes: populations, air, water and ground -- Section II: Integrating landscape perspectives: Aspects of health in urban settings -- Chapter 7 -- The Geography of Mental Health in Cities -- Chapter 8 -- Geography of an Infectious Disease: the example of tuberculosis -- Chapter 9 -- Health Geography in Strategies to Improve Public Health -- References -- Index -- Last Page
By relating theoretical arguments to specific landscapes Sarah Curtis develops the basis for a geographical analysis of health problems and proposes a range of strategies for reducing disadvantage and societal inequalities
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 329 p.)
ISBN:1847871186
1849209243
9781847871183
9781849209243

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