This new book explores the rapidly expanding applications of spatial analysis, GIS and remote sensing in the health sciences, and medical geography.

Donald P. Albert, Wilbert M. Gesler and Barbara Levergood

1. Introduction, 2. How Spatial Analysis Can be Used in Medical Geography, 3. Geographic Information Systems: Medical Geography, 4. Geographic Information Systems in Health Services Research, 5. GIS-Aided Environmental Research: Prospects and Pitfalls, 6. Infectious Disease and GIS, 7. A Historical Perspective on the Development of Remotely Sensed Data as Applied to Medical Geography, 8. The Integration of Remote Sensing and Medical Geography: Process and Application, 9. Conclusions, Master GIS/RS Bibliographic Resource Guide, Glossary, Subject Index, Geographical Index