Health ; Italy ; Medical geography ; Research ; Research technique
Medical geography in Italy is a relatively young disciplinary branch in comparison with other countries. The A. examines the scientific production realized from Italian geographers on the subjects of health and health care, through the critical
Cet ouvrage collectif réunit 14contributions de géographes canadiens sur les divers aspects de la géographie de la santé: historiques, cartographiques, pathologiques, systémiques... On retiendra en particulier les études régionales et urbaines sur
Physician proletarianization and medical care restructuring in Argentina and Uruguay
Argentina ; Medical doctor ; Medical service ; Medicine ; Occupation ; Professional qualifications ; Services ; Social reproduction ; Uruguay
The paper traces the loss of physician control over the conditions of their work since the turn of the century. Medical care in both countries has responded to the forces of ethnicity, class, and changing medical technology. The labor theory
Spatial differences in Hungarian medical tourism supply based on service providers’ online presence
Cooperation ; Health ; Hungary ; Internet ; Medical services ; Medical tourism ; Spatial differentiation ; Spatial distribution ; Supply ; Tourism
The paper presents the findings of an Internet-based research project that aims to explore the fundamental characteristics of medical tourism in Hungary. The key issues discussed in the framework of the analysis are the interrelationship
of healthcare and tourism on the one hand, and the spatial distribution of medical services and treatments on the other hand. - (AM)
Atmospheric pollution ; Budapest ; Demography ; Disease ; Geographical information system ; Health ; Hungary ; Living conditions ; Medical geography ; Town
The aim of the paper is to introduce a special geographical information system elaborated in the Geographical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1991-94. It is a spatial graphic system consisting of 4 types of data concerning
Myth and reality in the availability of free medical care : the case of Poland
The institutional organization of the health care system is presented. Then the problem of availability of medical aid is discussed. Finally, an explanation of the existing situation is attempted.
Correlation ; Emergency services ; Health ; Medical services ; Model ; Regression analysis ; Spatial autocorrelation ; Spatial variation
done with consideration given to the spatial heterogeneity of the phenomenon under study. The results obtained allow the usefulness of the geographically weighted regression in relation to factors contributing to emergency medical calls
Application of the method of spatial statistical analysis known as the geographically weighted regression (GWR) in identifying the factors affecting emergency calls. The study began with a formulation of hypotheses on the basis of the available
to be established. The GWR model can serve as a valuable source of information from the point of view of medical policy as broadly conceived. – (BJ)
Medical geography : has J.M. May borrowed M. Sorre's 1933 concept of pathogenic complexes ?
Concept ; Health ; History of geography ; Medical geography ; Social anthropology ; Twentieth Century
a proposé le concept de complexe pathogène en 1933, qui comprend des facteurs physiques, biologiques et anthropiques. Sorre a été le premier géographe qui a importé des données biologiques en géographie, et il a développé les relations entre géographie et
sociologie. Examen de la contribution de Sorre à la géographie médicale en insistant sur le complexe pathogène, et sur les liens entre May et l'American Geographical Society. May semble avoir emprunté les concepts fondamentaux de Sorre.
Disease ; Environment ; Epidemiology ; Epistemology ; Health ; Inter-disciplinary approach ; Medical geography ; Medical services ; Risk
. L'espace et le lieu sont compris comme de simples supports sans référence à leur organisation et leur usage. Une frontière artificielle est maintenue entre géographie des maladies et géographie du système de soins. Les géographes doivent intégrer les faits
Un-ethical review ? Why it is wrong to apply the medical model of research governance to human geography
risquent de n'être guère pris en compte par ces comités. Exemple du Service National de Santé et exposé des leçons profitables que les géographes doivent en tirer.