Geographies of Health
Subtitle: An Introduction
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: October 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780631219842
Subjects: Geography; Health systems & services; Public health & preventive medicine; Social Science; Medical / Nursing; Sociology; Epidemiology; Public Health; HEALTH; Health & Fitness / General; General; Human Geography; Environmental health; Medical geography
First sentence: It is difficult to pick up a newspaper or magazine, or to listen to a television or radio bulletin without being alerted to a health "problem," whether this be concerned with poor quality screening for a disease, a possible risk arising from environmental contamination, or the lack of access to the basic resources needed to live a healthy life.