Health Geographies

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 geograph [...]
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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 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