ABSTRACT
The therapeutic landscape concept, first introduced early in the 1990s, has been widely employed in health/medical geography and gaining momentum in various health-related disciplines. This is the first book published in several years, and provides an introduction to the concept and its applications. Written by health/medical geographers and anthropologists, it addresses contemporary applications in the natural and built environments; for special populations, such as substance abusers; and in health care sites, a new and evolving area - and provides an array of critiques or contestations of the concept and its various applications. The conclusion of the work provides a critical evaluation of the development and progress of the concept to date, signposting the likely avenues for future investigation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|61 pages
Traditional Therapeutic Landscapes: Natural and Built Environments
part 2|71 pages
Therapeutic Geographies for Special Populations
part 3|72 pages
Applications in Health Care Sites
part 4|69 pages
Contesting Landscapes as Therapeutic: Contemporary Advances
part 5|78 pages
Transcending Geography: Applications in the Anthropology of Health