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"Health, Space and Justice"

Module code: GEG5135

Credits: 15.0
Semester: SEM2

Contact: Dr Elizabeth Storer

Situated within a critical geographies framework, this module focuses on the geographical study of health and biomedicine. The module considers significant developments that have taken place in the sub-discipline over the past several decades and evaluates how these have shaped geographical research in this area. Supported by examples drawn from across the countries of the Global North and Global South, the module prompts students to engage critically with the social and spatial unevenness of health, disease and illness and with geographers¿ concern for issues of inequality, inequity and justice.

Connected course(s): UDF DATA
Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 5

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