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Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine
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by Tom Koch
Sales Rank: 196434
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List Price: $44.95
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Paperback: 420 pages
Publisher: ESRI Press; 1st edition July 1, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1589481208
ISBN-13: 978-1589481206
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
Product Description
A comprehensive survey of the technology of mapping and its relationship to the battle against disease, this look at medical mapping advances a radical argument that maps are not merely representations of spatial realities but a way of thinking about relations between viral and bacterial communities, human hosts, and the environments in which diseases flourish. The history of medical mapping is traced—from its growth in the 19th century during an era of trade and immigration to its renaissance in the 1990s during a new era of globalization. Referencing maps older than John Snow's famous cholera maps of London in the mid-19th century, this survey pulls from the plague maps of the 1600s, while addressing current issues concerning the ability of GIS technology to track diseases worldwide.
About The Author
Tom Koch is an adjunct professor of gerontology at Simon Fraser University, an associate with the David Lam Centre for International Communication, a bioethicist at the Canadian Down's Syndrome Society, and the director of Information Outreach, Ltd. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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