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Health and inequality : geographical perspectives / Sarah Curtis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Curtis, Sarah, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social medicine.
- Health services accessibility.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 329 p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : SAGE, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of figures; List of boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing Geographical Perspectives on Health and Inequality; SECTION I - Geographical landscapes of health; 2 Therapeutic Landscapes: wellness, healing places and complementary therapies; 3 Landscapes of Power: surveillance, exclusion and social control; 4 Landscapes of Poverty and Wealth; 5 Landscapes of Consumption: care and commodification; 6 Ecological Landscapes: populations, air, water and ground; SECTION II - Integrating landscape perspectives:Aspects of health in urban settings
- 7 The Geography of Mental Health in Cities8 Geography of an Infectious Disease: the example of tuberculosis; 9 Health Geography in Strategies to Improve Public Health; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4462-2593-3
- 1-84920-924-3
- 1-84787-118-6
- 1-280-53875-9
- 9786610538751
- 9781849209243
- OCLC:
- 437202914
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