Medical geography in the United Kingdom: the role and function of the Institute of British Geographers Medical Geography Study Group in the 1980s and 1990s

The Medical Geography Study Group of the Institute of British Geographers is perhaps the major professional organisation for medical geographers in the UK. This paper reviews the history and operation of the Study Group and outlines its plans for future activity. The Group is comprised mainly, but by no means exclusively, of practising academic geographers and holds an active programme of conferences and specialist meetings in addition to …