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Geography of suffering – body maps express what words cannot

There are still no effective treatments for Long Covid. Health geographer Maaret Jokela-Pansini has developed an innovative tool together with patients and shows how social sciences can deepen our understanding of the disease. 

Age, gender and socio-economic factors play just as much a role in the experience of illness as environmental conditions, the healthcare system and social values. “When we think about health, we must always include space and time,” says Jokela-Pansini in the article in the NZZ am Sonntag (21.11.2024).

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Maaret Jokela-Pansini, Dr.
Postdoc
Labour Geography

maaret.jokela-pansini@geo.uzh.ch
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