States of disease : political environments and human health / Brian King.

Author
King, Brian (Brian Hastings), 1973- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
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"Human health is shaped by the interactions between social and ecological systems. States of Disease advances a social ecology of health framework to demonstrate how historical spatial formations contribute to contemporary vulnerabilities to disease and the possibilities for health justice. The book examines how managed HIV in South Africa is being transformed with expanded access to antiretroviral therapy, and how environmental health in northern Botswana is shifting due to global climate change and flooding variability. These cases demonstrate how the political environmental context shapes the ways in which health is embodied, experienced, and managed"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
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ISBN
  • 9780520962118 ((epub))
  • 0520962117
LCCN
2016039497
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