Exploring the qualities and adaptive professional capabilities required of physicians for disaster response through perspective transformation among physicians in Fukushima, Japan
Megumi Yasuda, Rintaro Imafuku, Kaho Hayakawa, Maham Stanyon, Takuya Saiki · 2026
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Yasuda and co-authors study what doctors learned from working through the 2011 earthquake and nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan. Their 2026 study rests on long interviews with 15 doctors who lived through the disaster in that region. The team sorted the interview themes by hand and read the changes through a theory of how deep learning reshapes a person's outlook.
Doctors recalled confusion when no clear right answer existed, and strain when duty clashed with their own safety. Talking and reflecting led them to name skills that disaster work demands, such as honest talk under pressure and care for a whole town, not just one patient. Many said those lessons still shape how they treat patients and teach others. Risk talk shifted in their minds from one-way warnings to real dialogue.
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| CREATOR | Megumi Yasuda, Rintaro Imafuku, Kaho Hayakawa, Maham Stanyon, Takuya Saiki |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 70 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |