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A Companion to Health and Medical Geography
Contributor(s): Brown, Tim (Author), McLafferty, Sara (Author), Moon, Graham (Author)
ISBN: 1405170034     ISBN-13: 9781405170031
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $256.45  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Epidemiology
- Science | Earth Sciences - Geography
Dewey: 614.42
LCCN: 2009015171
Series: Blackwell Companions to Geography
Physical Information: 1.6" H x 7" W x 9.8" (2.80 lbs) 640 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
This Companion provides a comprehensive account of health and medical geography and approaches the major themes and key topics from a variety of angles.
  • Offers a unique breadth of topics relating to both health and medical geography
  • Includes contributions from a range of scholars from rising stars to established, internationally renowned authors
  • Provides an up-to-date review of the state of the sub-discipline
  • Thematically organized sections offer detailed accounts of specific issues and combine general overviews of the current literature with case study material
  • Chapters cover topics at the cutting edge of the sub-discipline, including emerging and re-emerging diseases, the politics of disease, mental and emotional health, landscapes of despair, and the geography of care