States of Disease: Political Environments and Human Health

by Brian King

Book Overview

Human health is shaped by the interactions between social and ecological systems. In States of Disease, Brian King advances a social ecology of health framework to demonstrate how historical spatial formations contribute to contemporary vulnerabilities to disease and the opportunities for health justice. He examines how expanded access to antiretroviral therapy is transforming managed HIV in South Africa. And he reveals how environmental health is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520278216
• ISBN13: 9780520278219
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"