Mobilities and Health

Download or read book Mobilities and Health written by Anthony C. Gatrell and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on three main disciplines, geography, sociology, and epidemiology, author Tony Gatrell makes strong connections between these areas of inquiry, drawing on (for example) social theorising, geographical concepts, and epidemiological methods and data. The book will be of interest to the growing number of geographers working on the geography of health, along with social scientists involved in the mobilities 'turn'. The issues and problems which are considered - whether re-emerging infections, displaced persons, or the 'risks' of globalised travel - are of current and ongoing concern.