Contours of coping: mapping the subject world of long-term illness

Journal/Book: Health Place. 2000; 6: the Boulevard Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford Ox5 1GB, England. Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. 95-104.

Abstract: Medical geography has Evolved from studying 'dots on maps to embodied subjects'. Involving the acknowledgement of new territories and identities, this has taken place against a backdrop of wider shifts in understanding health and illness. This paper suggests geographers are well placed to develop their existing skills of spatial exploration in order to map out these new territories. Whilst 'the map' has recently suffered from bad press, as a selective, misleading representation, this paper demonstrates it can be resurrected as a less sinister tool to aid our understanding of situated health experiences.

Note: Article MacKian S, Univ Salford, Inst Publ Hlth Res & Policy, Humphrey Booth House, Hulme Pl, Salford M5 4QA, Lancs, ENGLAND

Keyword(s): mapping; spatial engagement; myalgic encephalomyelitis; contextualised experience; GEOGRAPHY; FATIGUE

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