CULTURE / PLACE / HEALTH by Robin A. Kearns, Wilbert M. Gesler ( 9780415190664 )

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CULTURE / PLACE / HEALTH

By:

Robin A. Kearns, Wilbert M. Gesler

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0415190665

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

22 November, 2001

Series:

Critical Geographies

Pages:

200

Description:

Throughout the western world there is an increasing pluralism in healthcare practices and perceptions of health itself. This study reviews the current and contested nature of medical/health geography and the place of the "cultural turn" in this trend.

Synopsis:

Culture/Place/Health is the first exploration of cultural-geographical health research for a decade, drawing on contemporary research undertaken by geographers and other social scientists to explore the links between culture, place and health. It uses a wealth of examples from societies around the world to assert the place of culture in shaping relations between health and place. It contributes to an expanding of horizons at the intersection of the discipline of geography and the multidisciplinary domain of health concerns.

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