Place in health, illness, and healthcare

Human experience of health and illness takes place in both a bodily and locational sense. In other words it occurs in a particular time and location, as well as occupies or makes a place: in a system or hierarchy as well as in particular sites. This chapter critically reviews a range of ways in which the concept of “place” has been considered and included within studies of health and illness. Particular attention is granted to changing views of …