GGR353H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Health Equity, Deinstitutionalisation, Critical Inquiry
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Medical geography (lecture 2) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Medical geography has its roots in the hard sciences". Traditionally & still approached mainly from a quantitative & biomedical stance. Often uses geographical information systems (gis) or other focused on mapping or spatial analysis" of disease mapping tools. Medical geography, however, does not share strong links with. Might be better labelled as epidemiologic geography" or. A major area of focus in medical geography. Gained popularity in the formal disciplines of medical geography around 1980 & 1990s: largely in response to the emergence of hiv/aids in this. However, mapping rare infectious diseases has a long tradition in medical geography, dating back to 19th century. era. John snow (1850s): physician in london, u. k, 1854 cholera outbreak in soho, considered the pioneer of medical geography techniques, or father of public health". Uses geographical information systems (gis) to determine the optimal location for facilities that will a demand: e. g. ).
