{"product_id":"9781405170031","title":"A Companion to Health and Medical Geography","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Companions to Geography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to Health and Medical Geography\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTim Brown | Sara McLafferty | Graham Moon\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Earth Sciences \/ Geography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE EDITORS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 December 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405170031\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e640\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e46.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315441037452,"sku":"9781405170031","price":234.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405170031.jpg?v=1780139553","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405170031","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}