Geographies of Health: An Introduction

This text shows how health may be studied from geographical perspectives and reviews a wide range of studies linking health outcomes with social and physical environments. The structure of the book is designed to guide the reader through the relevant theoretical perspectives, methodologies and research.

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• Shows how health may be studied from geographical perspectives and reviews a wide range of studies linking health outcomes with social and physical environments.
  
• Designed to guide the reader through the relevant theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and research.
  
• Supported by current examples of research in a range of geographical settings.
  
• Pedagogical features include text boxes, directed further reading at the end of each chapter, a comprehensive bibliography and a guide to useful Internet resources.

Anthony C. Gatrell is a geographer by background and training, whose undergraduate and postgraduate career prepared him for early reserach in quantitative geography, spatial analysis, and Geographical Information Systems. His interest in applying this knowledge to problems of disease distribution turned him into a "medical geographer, " though more recent interests in broader health research have seen him transformed into a "health geographer." Presently, he is Professor of the Geography of Health at Lancaster University (where he has worked since 1984), and the Director of the Institute for Health Research