Physicians, Nuclear War, and Politics

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One of the more remarkable features of the resurgent public concern about nuclear war is the prominent role of the medical profession.Twenty years ago, at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, physicians were also in the vanguard of the anti-nuclear-war movement, but they represented only a tiny segment of the profession. A small group, calling themselves Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) wrote a landmark study of the medical consequences of thermonuclear war, which was published in the Journal.1 2 3 4 5 It attracted national attention and helped the public and the profession understand facts that had not been squarely faced . . .

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