Therapeutic Landscapes

The therapeutic landscape concept first introduced early in the 1990s has been widely employed in health/medical geography and gaining momentum in various health-related disciplines. This is the first book published in several years and provides an introduction to the concept and its applications. Written by health/medical geographers and anthropologists it addresses contemporary applications in the natural and built environments; for special populations such as substance abusers; and in health care sites a new and evolving area - and provides an array of critiques or contestations of the concept and its various applications. The conclusion of the work provides a critical evaluation of the development and progress of the concept to date signposting the likely avenues for future investigation.