States of disease : political environments and human health / Brian King.

Author/creator King, Brian, 1973- author.
Format Book
PublicationOakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Copyright Date©2017
Descriptionxxv, 227 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Social ecology--Health aspects. --South Africa.
Social ecology--Health aspects. --Botswana.
AIDS (Disease)--Treatment. --Government policy. --South Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Prevention. --Government policy. --South Africa.
Environmental health--Botswana.

Contents Introduction : "no one dies of AIDS" -- Social ecology of health -- HIV lifeways -- Historical spaces and contemporary epidemics -- Landscapes of HIV -- Health ecologies within dynamic systems -- States of health.
Abstract "Human health is shaped by the interactions between social and ecological systems. States of Disease advances a social ecology of health framework to demonstrate how historical spatial formations contribute to contemporary vulnerabilities to disease and the possibilities for health justice. The book examines how managed HIV in South Africa is being transformed with expanded access to antiretroviral therapy, and how environmental health in northern Botswana is shifting due to global climate change and flooding variability. These cases demonstrate how the political environmental context shapes the ways in which health is embodied, experienced, and managed"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: King, Brian (Brian Hastings), 1973- author. States of disease Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520962118
LCCN 2016038478
ISBN9780520278219
ISBN9780520278202 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN0520278208 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN0520278216 paperback alkaline paper

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HM861 .K56 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold