Health and Inequality: Geographical Perspectives / Edition 1

Health and Inequality: Geographical Perspectives / Edition 1

by Sarah Curtis
ISBN-10:
0761968237
ISBN-13:
9780761968238
Pub. Date:
01/31/2004
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
ISBN-10:
0761968237
ISBN-13:
9780761968238
Pub. Date:
01/31/2004
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Health and Inequality: Geographical Perspectives / Edition 1

Health and Inequality: Geographical Perspectives / Edition 1

by Sarah Curtis

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780761968238
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 01/31/2004
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 344
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.72(d)

Table of Contents

Introducing Geographical Perspectives on Health and Inequality
PART ONE: GEOGRAPHICAL LANDSCAPES OF HEALTH
Therapeutic Landscapes
Wellness, Healing Places and Complementary Therapies
Landscapes of Power
Surveillance, Exclusion and Social Control
Landscapes of Poverty and Wealth
Landscapes of Consumption
Care and Commodification
Ecological Landscapes
Populations, Air, Water and Ground
PART TWO: INTEGRATING LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVES: ASPECTS OF HEALTH IN URBAN SETTINGS
The Geography of Mental Health in Cities
Geography of an Infectious Disease
The Example of Tuberculosis
Health Geography in Strategies to Improve Public Health
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