Koichi Tanigawa • Rethy Kieth Chhem
Editors

2014

Perspective from the Fukushima
Nuclear Accident

There are many books available on “Disaster Medicine,” but to the best of our knowledge, there is currently no book available that addresses “Radiation Disaster Medicine.” The idea for this book was born from a discussion between the two editors while attending the “International Academic Conference on Radiation Health Risk Management in Fukushima” held in Fukushima on 25–27 February 2013. The two of us have had frequent interactions with physicians from Fukushima Medical University, Hiroshima University, and Nagasaki University and a few other medical institutions in Japan. We have come to learn that during the initial phase of the accident, physicians and Japan Disaster Medical Assistance Teams provided medical relief in an extremely difficult environment; infrastructure including medical, transportation, water and electricity supplies, and communication systems were disrupted.