Description: A comprehensive and authoritative examination of the key issues relating to global health. Written by a leading health geographer with an international reputation, the book offers a critical and rigorous analysis of contemporary challenges facing world health.
Brief description: Anthony C. Gatrell is Emeritus Professor of the Geography of Health at Lancaster University. His books include Geographies of Health (with Susan Elliott) (Third edition 2015). In 2006 he was awarded the RGS-IBG Murchison Prize for his contribution to the geography of health.
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At last, the book health geographers urgently need. The Covid-19 pandemic has underscored the significance of global thinking and action in maintaining good health and addressing health inequities. To achieve this, it is essential to comprehend the social, environmental, and political factors that transcend borders and operate across different geographical scales. With Global Health: Geographical Connections, Gatrell rises to this challenge and has delivered a text that is theoretically robust and empirically rich. Through a wide range of captivating case studies from various parts of the world, the book compellingly argues for the involvement of geographers in addressing global health concerns. Simultaneously, it urges global health scholars from other disciplines to recognize the indispensable role of geographical processes operating across borders in understanding health worldwide. Gatrell's book fills a crucial gap in the literature.
--Jamie Pearce, Professor of Health Geography, University of Edinburgh