[The Geography of Hunger: clinical interpretation of landscapes or critical epidemiology?].
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This article provides a new interpretation of Geografia da Fome [The Geography of Hunger], by Josué de Castro, focusing on the convergence of three fields of knowledge: geography, clinical science, and epidemiology. Although there is a certain commonality in the methodological procedures, the book offers multiple configurations of objects and a cross-disciplinary theoretical framework for explaining the phenomenon of hunger.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cadernos de saude publica
دوره 24 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008