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What is the geographic focus and what do they look for?
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- Distributions
- Distances
- Directions
- Shapes & Forms
- Patterns
- Cores
- Peripheries
- Distances
- Directions
- Shapes & Forms
- Patterns
- Cores
- Peripheries
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What are the geographic concepts?
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- Location, Direction, and Distance
- Size and Scale
- Physical and Cultural Attributes
- Attributes of Place are always changing
- Interrelations Between Places
- Places Similarity and Regions
- Size and Scale
- Physical and Cultural Attributes
- Attributes of Place are always changing
- Interrelations Between Places
- Places Similarity and Regions
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What are some themes of Health Geography?
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- Health and Disease
- Health care provision and utilization
- Health care provision and utilization
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What is the debate in the concept of place?
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The debate has been whether medical geographers should refocus their attention back on the uniqueness of space and place
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What are the two sources that medical geography originated from?
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1. Developments within human geography which saw the incorporation of more socio-spatial view of space and place
2. The recognition of the inadequacies of the biomedical disease model which led to change in the philosophies of health and health policy, and therefore resulted in the emergence of the socioecological model of health/healthcare
2. The recognition of the inadequacies of the biomedical disease model which led to change in the philosophies of health and health policy, and therefore resulted in the emergence of the socioecological model of health/healthcare
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Who wrote "The geography of everyday life"
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Eyles 1989
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What did "The geography of everyday life" indicate?
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Patterns, meanings of, and reasons, for human actions are structured into the societies (place) into which people live
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What is "Place"?
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Not just an arena of everyday life, but can be seen as a centre of felt value, incarnating the experience and aspirations of people, and influencing their health
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What did Dear and Wolch (1989) suggest?
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Patterns of human territoriality result from interaction between economic, political, and social processes which can constitute, constrain, and mediate the role of space