1. Welfare objectives and socio-spatial inequality 2. Administrative structures 3. The administrative geography of the major welfare services 4. Young children and their families 5. Welfare provision for the elderly 6. Welfare provision for ethnic minorities 7. The geography of resource allocation for welfare 8. The geography of welfare needs and provision
Biography
Sarah Curtis is Professor Emerita at Durham University, UK. She is an internationally recognised specialist in the geography of health and wellbeing. Her scholarship explores how and why places matter for human health. Her work concentrates on socio-geographical conditions and processes that are associated with inequalities in health and wellbeing, and risks for physical and mental health, in different contexts. As well as contributing to theoretical development of health geography, her work has strong applied and international aspects. Her research has informed and contributed to health policy development and evaluation of health services in the UK, France, Russia, Poland, Canada, and the USA. In 2014 Sarah Curtis was elected as Fellow of the British Academy, an independent national academy of Fellows elected for their eminence in research and publication. She is also a Fellow and and Chartered Geographer (Founder Member) of the Royal Geographical Society, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Reviews of the first publication:
‘… [the book] will prove to be a successful student course book and reference text.’
— Robert J. Bennett, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 156, No. 2
‘It can be strongly recommended for geographers in universities and colleges concerned with serious issues of access to and organization of welfare services…’
— David R. Phillips, Geography, Volume 76, Issue 1
