A Companion to Health and Medical Geography 1st Edition by Tim Brown

A Companion to Health and Medical Geography 1st Edition by Tim Brown by Tim Brown (Author), Sara McLafferty (Author), Graham Moon (Author) ISBN-13: 9781405170031 ISBN-10: 1405170034This 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 geographyIncludes contributions from a range of scholars from rising stars to established, internationally renowned authorsProvides an up-to-date review of the state of the sub-disciplineThematically organized sections offer detailed accounts of specific issues and combine general overviews of the current literature with case study materialChapters 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