9781639271689
Thomas Flynn
American Medical Publishers
English
2021
Health Care
240
$ 160.99
The application of geographical information, methods, and perspectives to the study of disease, and health care is referred to as health geography. It is divided into two distinct elements, namely, geography of disease and geography of health care provision. Medical geography is a closely aligned with health geography. It focuses on understanding spatial patterns of health and disease as related to the natural and social environment. The two primary areas of research within medical geography are the spatial distribution and determinants of mortality and morbidity, and health planning and the provision of health services. This book brings forth some of the most innovative concepts and elucidates the unexplored aspects of health and medical geography. Its aim is to present researches that have transformed this discipline and aided its advancement. This book will serve as a reference to a broad spectrum of readers.