Who Cares?The Unequal Geographies of Healthcare
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About this book
There are massive disparities, globally, nationally and regionally, in the provision of healthcare services and access to them. This textbook from one of the foremost geographers of health examines the unequal production and consumption of healthcare and seeks explanations for such diverse distribution, in particular, asking why place is such a key determinant for access to healthcare services. The analysis includes international comparisons of expenditure and performance as well as national case studies. The geographies of supply of both services and workforce are interrogated to reveal alarming inequalities. The book offers students a critical analysis of the governance of healthcare and is suitable for courses on the geography of health, as well as wider medical humanities, social policy and development studies courses.
Reviews
This lively examination of the unequal geographies of healthcare is both theoretically-informed and replete with contemporary international examples. Gatrell insightfully takes us beyond the ‘who’ of the book’s title into where, how and with what consequences healthcare is delivered.
This timely and innovative volume offers a comprehensive overview of the diverse landscapes and systems of health service provision across the globe, the processes and mobilities that shape them, and people’s unequal access to and experiences of such systems. The book’s coverage of cutting-edge theories and methodologies, focus on contemporary topics like digital and mobile health care, Ebola, and COVID-19, and effective use of case studies from countries with vastly different health care systems and socio-political contexts, make this an essential resource for students, teachers and researchers.
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Geographies of access to healthcare services
3. The political economy of healthcare systems
4. Geographies of access in the Global North
5. Geographies of access in the Global South
6. Who cares in times of crisis?
7. Mobilities and access to healthcare
8. Who cares in the community?
9. Conclusions