An Introduction to the Geography of Health

In the third edition of An Introduction to the Geography of Health, Peter Anthamatten and Helen Hazen explore the ways in which geographic methods and approaches can inform our understanding of health. The book’s focus on a broad range of physical and social factors that drive health in places and spaces offers students and scholars an important holistic perspective on the study of health in the modern era.Beginning with thematic materials, the authors capture student interest with engaging case studies before guiding the reader through some common methodological and theoretical approaches, always reinforcing the idea that theory is most useful when applied to specific, real-world problems.In contrast to many of the currently available texts, the book covers the breadth of the discipline, giving equal weight to ecological and social approaches to the topic, as well as empirical and post-positivist methodologies.The text is global in scope, emphasizing that many health problems require