chapter 1 Introduction and Overview -- chapter 2 Basic Issues in Geographical Analysis -- chapter 3 Disease Mapping: Basic Approaches and New Developments -- chapter 4 Clustering of Disease -- chapter 5 GIS and Communicable Disease Control -- chapter 6 New Zealand Experience of Salmonella Brandenburg Infection in Humans and Animals -- chapter 7 Using GIS for Environmental Exposure Assessment: Experiences from the Small Area Health Statistics Unit -- chapter 8 Using Modeled Outdoor Air Pollution Data for Health Surveillance -- chapter 9 Health and Environment Information Systems -- chapter 10 Health GIS in the English National Health Service: A Regional Solution -- chapter 11 GIS in District Public Health Work -- chapter 12 Using GIS to Assess Accessibility to Primary Healthcare Services -- chapter 13 GIS in Public Healthcare Planning: The United States Perspective -- chapter 14 GIS and Public Health in the Information Society -- chapter 15 Data Protection and Medical Research -- chapter 16 Public and Patient Attitudes Toward the Use of Their Health Information: A Review of the Literature -- chapter 17 Mobile Phone Positioning Systems and the Accessibility of Health Services -- chapter 18 Conclusions and Future Prospects.