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Conceptions of space and community in British health policy

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Several recent United Kingdom health policy initiatives include ideas implicitly or even explicitly involving geographical space as a central theoretical construct. Neighbourhood nursing is perhaps the best known recent example. These initiatives are not without common features, and the paper commences with a typology of the roles which geographical space plays in health policy. A second section gives specific consideration to neighbourhood nursing. Thirdly the paper outlines the social theoretic debates surrounding geographic inputs to health policy: ideas such as community and locality. It is suggested that spatial conceptions in health policy reflect a complex amalgam of sociological assumptions which might fruitfully be considered in the light of Gidden's concept of locale.

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  • Moon, Graham, 1990. "Conceptions of space and community in British health policy," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 165-171, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:30:y:1990:i:1:p:165-171
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