Introduction to Special Issue: Eleventh International Medical Geography Symposium  

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Earickson, Robert J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 65 no. 1 (Jul. 2007), page 1-6.
Topik: Introduction; Geography Symposium

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The eleventh International Medical Geography Symposium brought together, in Fort Worth, Texas, in early July, 2005, some 140 professionals who engage in, either directly, medical/health geography. I believe it is important to emphasize at the outset that medical/helth geography is continuing to evolve in the direction of increased interdisciplinary hybridism. This is proving to be a good thing. The discipline is evolving in other ways as well, which I will allude to later. Interdisciplinary research more effectively addresses complex national and international social issues and critical social needs. It also fosters communication and collaboration across the social and health sciences and the private sector, enhances interdisciplinary networking and bolsters research consultation and support. The eleven papers in this special issue are evidence of successful interdisciplinary research and the evolution of methodology. The 100+ conference papers, of which these 11 are reprwsentative, presented several challenges to health geographers and cognate disciplines.

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