This book begins by exploring some of the circumstances surrounding the distinctive health inequities currently facing many developing countries, including malaria, maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS. This is followed by a discussion of how matters of physical access and human reso…
Ecologies and politics of health
by King, Brian
fromRoutledge studies in human geography
A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge.
A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge.
A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge.
A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge.
Introducing geographical gerontology / Mark Skinner, Gavin Andrews, Malcolm Cutchin -- Space and place in geographical gerontology : theoretical traditions, formations of hope /Gavin Andrews, Malcolm Cutchin, Mark Skinner -- Health geographies of ageing / Janine Wiles -- Social …
Understanding where ageing occurs, how it is experienced by different people in different places, and in what ways it is transforming our communities, economies and societies at all levels has become crucial for the development of informed research, policy and programmes. This b…
Essentials of medical meteorology
by Spiridonov, Vlado, CURIC, MLADJEN, Zafirovski, Oliver
This book discusses the impacts that weather and climate have on human physical health, longevity, and mental wellness, and acts as a guide to the application of meteorological science in health care. It provides a background on biometeorology by covering basic concepts of human…
Health geography makes critical contributions to contemporary and emerging interdisciplinary agendas of nature-based health and health-enabling places. Couched in theory and critical empirical work on nature and health, this book addresses questions on the relationships between …
Non-representational theory is an academic approach that animates the active world; its taking-place. It shows how material, sensory and affective processes combine with conscious thought and agency in the making of everyday life. This book offers an agenda for health geography,…