This collection of essays argues for a reinvention of medical geography, considering the relationships between human health and the experience of place, influenced by developments in socio-cultural theory and observed health concerns. Editor(s): Kearns, Robin A.; Gesler, Wilbert M. Num Pages: 350 pages, 10 figures, 14 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JKS; MBNH2; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454. . 1998. 1st. Paperback. . . . .

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Title: Putting Health Into Place: Landscape, Identity, and Well-being (Space, Place and Society)
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0815627688
ISBN 13: 9780815627685
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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As the first word of the book's title suggests, this is an active volume, one that contributes to situating health in the simultaneously tangible, negotiated, and experienced realities of place. Robin A. Kearns and Wilbert M. Gesler argue that medical issues are a necessary but insufficient focus in developing geographies of health and healing. This contention is supported by the authors of the thirteen substantive chapters who convey research findings from the Americas, Britain, and the Pacific.
This book represents a collective commitment to exploring links between social and cultural theory, ideas about place, and discourses on health that will be of interest to readers across the social and health sciences.

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Robin A. Kearns is senior lecturer in geography at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has published over thirty refereed journal articles on aspects of primary health care, mental health, housing policy, maternity services, and philosophy of health. Wilbert M. Gesler is professor of geography at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The author of The Cultural Geography of Health Care, he has also written journal articles about health care.

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