GGR353H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Health Geography
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Ggr353 lecture 1 geographies of health and health care. Gis was a focus of medical geography. Using spatial mapping to show where access to services are. Medical geography used the same strategies for topics continuously. Health geographers wanted to expand and look at other disciplines. Not to fully reject scientific methods, but broadening our knowledge. Health geographers are most interested in the role of place ( social surroundings, context. Moving into residence, it"s an empty space (physical) but place becomes about the experience you have socially and not just its physical existence. We can all be exposed to the same environment, but we have different experiences. Geo-political: how does living in a place matter in our health.
