{"product_id":"a-companion-to-health-and-medical-geography-isbn-9781405170031","title":"A Companion to Health and Medical Geography","description":"\u003cb\u003e A COMPANION TO HEALTH AND MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Health and Medical Geography\u003c\/i\u003e provides an essential starting point for anyone interested in studying the role of geography and of geographers, both past and present, in promoting an understanding of issues relating to health and illness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhilst thoroughly mapping out the territory covered by the sub-discipline and examining changes in focus and terminology, this book offers a discussion of the major themes from differing methodological and theoretical perspectives. Questions of class, ethnicity, gender, age, and sexuality are covered throughout the text and case studies within chapters draw upon scholarship from around the globe in order to illuminate key points. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized to promote dialogue and encourage health and medical geographers to rethink sub-disciplinary boundaries, this \u003ci\u003eCompanion \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a unique account of the history of the field and its future potential and possibilities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction to Health and Medical Geography 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTim Brown, Sara McLafferty, and Graham Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Debates in Health and Medical Geography 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Health Geography 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobin Kearns and Damian Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Medical Geography 33\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan D. Mayer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Doubting Dualisms 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael L. Dorn, Carla C. Keirns, and Vincent J. Del Casino Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Disease 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Disease, Ecology, and Environment 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph R. Oppong and Adam Harold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Mapping Disease 96\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStéphane Rican and Gérard Salem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Infectious Disease Diffusion 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClive E. Sabel, Dennis Pringle, and Anders Schærström\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Modeling Chronic Disease 133\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMyles Gould\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases 154\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Emch and Elisabeth D. Root\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Situating Politics in Health and Medical Geography 173\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCourtney J. Donovan and R. Ian Duncan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Living With and Experiencing Disease 188\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVincent J. Del Casino Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Health and Wellbeing 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Therapeutic Landscapes as Health Promoting Places 207\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAllison M. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 “. a Penis Is Not Needed in Order to Pee”: Sex and Gender in Health Geography 224\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatt Sothern and Isabel Dyck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Impairment and Disability 242\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVera Chouinard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Mental and Emotional Health 258\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHester Parr and Joyce Davidson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Landscapes of Despair 278\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeoffrey DeVerteuil and Josh Evans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Representing the Un\/healthy Body 301\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Craddock and Tim Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Public Health and Health Inequalities 323\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Health Geography and Public Health 325\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Curtis, Mylène Riva, and Mark Rosenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Migration and Health 346\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Boyle and Paul Norman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Social Perspectives on Health Inequalities 375\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVani S. Kulkarni and S. V. Subramanian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Neighborhoods and Health 399\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnne Ellaway and Sally Macintyre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 An Environmental Health Geography of Risk 418\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Jerrett with Sara Gale and Caitlin Kontgis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Environment, Perception, and Resistance 446\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan J. Elliott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Healthy Behavior 460\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiz Twigg and Lynda Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Governing Un\/healthy Populations 477\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTim Brown and Duika L. Burges Watson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Health Care and Caring 495\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Providing Health Care 497\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoss Barnett and Alison Copeland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Accessing Health Care 521\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas C. Ricketts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Location-allocation Planning 540\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrank Tanser, Peter Gething, and Peter Atkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Changing Geography of Care 567\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristine Milligan and Andrew Power\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Production, Consumption, Research 587\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGavin J. Andrews, Jon Adams, and Jeremy Segrott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 604\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This companion is an excellent resource. The linkages between chapters and between thematic sections are excellent, providing a comprehensive account of the current state of the subdiscipline.\" (\u003ci\u003eEnvironment and Planning B\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2011)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE EDITORS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in Human Geography in the Department of Geography, Queen Mary University of London. He is Secretary\/Treasurer of the RGS-IBG Geography of Health Research Group and has published numerous authored and co-authored book chapters and papers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara McLafferty \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Geography at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her books include \u003ci\u003eGIS and Public Health \u003c\/i\u003e(with Ellen Cromley) (2002) and \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Women’s Health \u003c\/i\u003e(with Isabel Dyck and Nancy Lewis) (2001). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Moon\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Spatial Analysis in Human Geography at the University of Southampton. He has published extensively in medical and health geography and is the editor-in-chief of the journal \u003ci\u003eHealth and Place\u003c\/i\u003e.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Health and Medical Geography\u003c\/i\u003e provides an essential starting point for anyone interested in studying the role of geography and of geographers, both past and present, in promoting an understanding of issues relating to health and illness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhilst thoroughly mapping out the territory covered by the sub-discipline and examining changes in focus and terminology, this book offers a discussion of the major themes from differing methodological and theoretical perspectives. Questions of class, ethnicity, gender, age, and sexuality are covered throughout the text and case studies within chapters draw upon scholarship from around the globe in order to illuminate key points. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized to promote dialogue and encourage health and medical geographers to rethink sub-disciplinary boundaries, this \u003ci\u003eCompanion \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a unique account of the history of the field and its future potential and possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988608794853,"sku":"NP9781405170031","price":269.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405170031.jpg?v=1761780955","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-health-and-medical-geography-isbn-9781405170031","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}