Geographies of Health: An Introduction

by Anthony C. Gatrell, Susan J. Elliott

This revised second edition highlights the ways in which health may be studied from geographical perspectives, setting out the debates and reviewing the evidence that links health outcomes with social and physical environments.

Introduces the reader to relevant theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and research
Provides new examples from a range of geographical settings
Provides an extensive revision to the first edition, emphasizing contemporary concerns such as globalization, neighbourhood health, and obesity
Pays greater attention to the US health care system, mental health, health of older adults, disease ecology and re-emerging diseases, health in developing world, and children's and women's health

Genres: Health

302 pages, Paperback

First published December 4, 2001

About the author

Professor Tony Gatrell is Professor Emeritus at the University of Lancaster, England.

I am a geographer by training and my research interests lie in the geography of health and ‘medical geography’. In brief, this means looking at the connections between space, place and health. More specifically, I have interests in: the geographical dimensions of health inequalities; spatial epidemiology; and the geography of health care provision. More recently I have become interested in the links between movement and health, including walking and well-being. Some of this work has been summarised in my latest book, on ‘Mobilities and Health’ (Ashgate, 2011). I have been pleased to collaborate with many health professionals in the past, including those working in: palliative care; public health; neurology; cardiology; and paediatrics.