Overview
- Edited by leaders in development of space medicine
- Up-to-date and clinically focused reworking of classic textbook
- Contributors include international roster of respected clinicians and researchers in space medicine
- Case studies and review questions
- Online lesson plans
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction to Space Medicine
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Space Craft Environments
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Space Flight and Crew Health: Adaptation, Pathophysiology, Rehabilitation, and Countermeasures
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Occupational Health and Safety Issues in Space Flight
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About this book
As space medicine evolved from the late 1950s onward, the need arose for a ready reference for students and practitioners on the basic concepts of this new specialty. Through three editions edited by leaders in the development of space medicine, this classic text has met the need. This fourth edition of Space Physiology and Medicine provides succinct, evidence-based summaries of the current knowledge base in space medicine and serves as a source of information on the space environment, responses, and practices. Additionally, there is extensive online material available for each chapter, featuring overviews and self-study questions.
Reviews
This book was awarded by The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) in 2018 with the Life Science Book Award.
“There is no question but this is a stunning textbook of use in a variety of settings. Certainly flight surgeons, biomedical researchers, and other scientists will view it a major boon to their efforts.” (Roger D. Launius, SPACE TIMES, Vol.56 (6), November – December, 2017)
“This fourth edition … provides succinct historical accounts of their evolution, and offers assessments of the increasingly more sophisticated information available on the space environment, risks to astronaut health, and countermeasures available to protect the human body. … Certainly, flight surgeons, biomedical researchers, and other scientists will view it a major boon to their efforts. … Space Physiology and Medicine has many sections that will greatly enhance knowledge of this most important of all aspects of human space exploration.” (Roger D. Launius, Quest Magazine, Vol. 24 (4), 2017)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Distinguished Research Professor
Schar School of Policy and Government,
George Mason University
Senior Editor, World Medical and Health Policy Journal, and
Former NASA Associate Administrator,
Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications
Arlington, VA, USA
Richard S. Williams, MD, FACS
Chief Health and Medical Officer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington, DC, USA
Carolyn L. Huntoon, PhD
Former Director NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center &
Assistant Secretary of Environmental Management, DOE
Barrington, Rhode Island, USA
Charles R. Doarn, MBA
Special Assistant to the Chief Health and Medical Officer
NASA Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer
Washington, DC, USA
Research Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
School of Medicine
Unviersity of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
James D. Polk, DO, MS, MMM, CPE, FACOEP
Senior Medical Officer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Former Chief Flight Medicine
NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas, USA
Victor S. Schneider, MD
Program Executive Human Exploration & Operations Mission Directorate
NASA HQ
Visiting Associate Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Space Physiology and Medicine
Book Subtitle: From Evidence to Practice
Editors: Arnauld E. Nicogossian, Richard S. Williams, Carolyn L. Huntoon, Charles R. Doarn, James D. Polk, Victor S. Schneider
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6652-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-6650-9Published: 15 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8261-5Published: 28 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-6652-3Published: 13 December 2016
Edition Number: 4
Number of Pages: XXIII, 509
Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 186 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Health, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Environmental Health, Pneumology/Respiratory System