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Title Radiation disaster medicine : perspective from the Fukushima nuclear accident / edited by Koichi Tanigawa, Rethy Kieth Chhem
Published Cham : Springer, 2014
Table of Contents
1.Physicians' Early Response to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: Challenges and Lessons Learned / Rethy Kieth Chhem1
2.General Considerations in Radiation Disaster Medicine / Koichi Tanigawa15
3.Medical Perspective / Arifumi Hasegawa29
4.Disaster Behavioral Health: Psychological Effects of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident / Misari Oe79
5.Management Perspective: Structure of Radiation Emergency Response in Japan / Makoto Akashi89
6.Management Perspective: Structure of Radiation Emergency Response in International Organizations / Pisith Phlong99
7.Radiation Disaster Medicine Curriculum Revisited in a Post-Fukushima Context / Gregory K. Clancey109
 Index121

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Description 1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations
Contents Physicians' early response to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident: Challenges and lessons learned -- General considerations in radiation disaster medicine -- Medical perspective -- Pre-hospital emergency medical response -- Hospital emergency medical response -- Disaster behavioral health: Psychological effects of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident -- Management perspective: Structure of radiation emergency response in Japan -- Management perspective: Structure of radiation emergency response in International Organizations -- Radiation disaster medicine curriculum revisited in a post-Fukushima context
Summary The role of disaster medicine is becoming more important as the frequency and severity of natural and technological disasters increase. The triple disaster that occurred in Fukushima on March 11, 2011 calls for innovation in the training of health care professionals, pre-hospital emergency care providers, and emergency personnel in the management of the medical consequences of radiation disasters. While many books are available on disaster medicine, none is specifically devoted to the role of physicians in the management of patients exposed to radiation leakage from a damaged nuclear power plant. Radiation Disaster Medicine aims to fill this void based on the response to the Fukushima nuclear accident. Each chapter addresses principles and practices of radiation medicine within the specific context of that accident. Topics covered include the role of physicians in radiation disasters, the concepts of external and internal exposure, prehospital and hospital response, disaster behavioral health, and radiation emergency response from the perspective of national and international institutions. Most of the contributors are active educators and researchers in radiation medicine with first-hand experience in dealing with prehospital triage and management of patients within secondary and tertiary care hospitals in Japan. It is hoped that this book will assist in attaining the ultimate goal of radiation disaster medicine: to help the patients
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 5, 2014)
Subject Radiation injuries.
Medicine.
Emergency medicine.
Radiotherapy.
Emergency Medicine
Radiation Injuries
Medicine
Radiotherapy
medicines (material)
medicine (discipline)
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Médecine.
Emergency medicine
Medicine
Radiation injuries
Radiotherapy
SUBJECT Japan
Form Electronic book
Author Tanikawa, Kōichi, 1938-
Chhem, Rethy
ISBN 9783319022161
3319022164
3319022156
9783319022154