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标题：HEALTH GEOGRAPHY IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA: A VIEW SINCE THE JOHN SNOW MAP
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作者：Paula Cristina REMOALDO ; Helena Guilhermina NOGUEIRA ; Jesús M. González PÉREZ 等
期刊名称：Revista ACTA Geográfica
印刷版ISSN：1980-5772
电子版ISSN：2177-4307
出版年度：2010
卷号：4
期号：7
页码：07-23
DOI：10.5654/actageo2010.0407.0001
出版社：Editora da Universidade Federal de Roraima (EdUFRR)
摘要：It is known worldwide that the evolution of Health Geography is due mainly to empirical works rather than conceptual ones. We had to wait for the 80's of the last century to witness a more structured investigation, centred on the epistemological questions and done most exclusively by geographers. It was at this time that in Portugal and Spain Health Geography emerged as a relevant discipline to the evolution of this field at an Iberian scale.This paper tries to analyse the state of Heath Geography in the Iberian Peninsula, mainly its origins, evolution and contribution to the evolution of this field at an international level as well as making some predictions concerning the future of Health Geography in the Iberian Peninsula. The qualitative methods of bibliographic research used were papers and publications held at international level by the Portuguese and Spanish Geographers and their interventions in the most important Congresses held in each country as well as their personal publications.We conclude that Iberian Geography was more centred on the Geography of Health Care (one of the traditional branches) than on Disease Ecology (another traditional branch) and that the Spanish works began earlier that the Portuguese ones. We are sure that until now few efforts have been made to work in teams, even if we noticed a rise in the number of geographers that work in multidisciplinary teams, albeit managed by physicians or economists. We also conclude that Iberian Health Geographers must try harder to show society the applicability of the territorial analysis of health issues at different scales.
关键词：Iberian Peninsula; Epistemology; Health Geography; Empirical Works; Conceptual ;Works.