Health Geographies
A Critical Introduction
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Human Geography
| Author: | Tim Brown, Gavin J. Andrews, Steven Cummins, Beth Greenhough, Daniel Lewis, Andrew Power | ISBN: | 9781118739013 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | May 3, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tim Brown, Gavin J. Andrews, Steven Cummins, Beth Greenhough, Daniel Lewis, Andrew Power |
| ISBN: | 9781118739013 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | May 3, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
Health Geographies: A Critical Introduction explores health and biomedical topics from a range of critical geographic perspectives. 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 world
- Incorporates multi-disciplinary perspectives and approaches applied in the field of health geography
- Identifies both health and biomedical issues as a central area of concern for critically oriented health geographers
- Features material that is alert to questions of global scale and difference, and sensitive to the political and economic as well sociocultural aspects of health
- Provides 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. 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 world
- Incorporates multi-disciplinary perspectives and approaches applied in the field of health geography
- Identifies both health and biomedical issues as a central area of concern for critically oriented health geographers
- Features material that is alert to questions of global scale and difference, and sensitive to the political and economic as well sociocultural aspects of health
- Provides extensive pedagogic materials within the text and guidance for further study
