A Companion to Health and Medical Geography
A Companion to Health and Medical Geography

Author: Tim Brown

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-11-19

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 9781444314779

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This Companion provides a comprehensive account of health and medical geography and approaches the major themes and key topics from a variety of angles. Offers a unique breadth of topics relating to both health and medical geography Includes contributions from a range of scholars from rising stars to established, internationally renowned authors Provides an up-to-date review of the state of the sub-discipline Thematically organized sections offer detailed accounts of specific issues and combine general overviews of the current literature with case study material Chapters cover topics at the cutting edge of the sub-discipline, including emerging and re-emerging diseases, the politics of disease, mental and emotional health, landscapes of despair, and the geography of care

Indicators of Quality of Life in Latin America
Indicators of Quality of Life in Latin America

Author: Graciela Tonon

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-03-21

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 3319288423

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This volume sheds new light on the use of quantitative, qualitative and synthetic indicators for the measurement of quality of life in different countries of Latin America. Organized in three parts, the book presents the methodology for the construction of new indicators, discusses quality of urban life from a geographical perspective, and examines quality of life of different populations. The book focuses on the social, economic, political, geographical and demographic dimensions. It covers a wide range of topics, including the ways to measure social, political and spatial inequalities, the changes in urban quality of life, the construction of a synthetic indicator for the assessment of habitability, the measuring of spatial segregation in midsize and smaller cities by using thematic cartography and synthesis maps, and the concept of habitability. It includes research conducted on the quality of life of different population groups: working boys and girls, high-school students, and older people.

Temas de mujeres
Temas de mujeres

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Publisher: Facultad de Filosofia Man Centro de Estudios

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 978

ISBN-13:

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Comprises 103 papers which discuss women and gender issues.