Charles W. Hedrick; Susan Elliott; David Galston; Glenna S. Jackson; Paul A. Laughlin; Nigel Leaves; Darren J.N Middleton Polebridge Press (2008) Pehmeäkantinen kirja
This revised second edition highlights the ways in which health maybe studied from geographical perspectives, setting out the debatesand reviewing the evidence that links health outcomes with socialand physical environments.
Introduces the reader to relevant theoretical perspectives,methodologies, and research
Provides new examples from a range of geographicalsettings
Provides an extensive revision to the first edition,emphasizing contemporary concerns such as globalization,neighbourhood health, and obesity
Pays greater attention to the US health care system, mentalhealth, health of older adults, disease ecology and re-emergingdiseases, health in developing world, and children s andwomen s health
