Tenth Daniel C. Baker, Jr, memorial lecture. The physician's contribution to national security.
Nuclear weapons make possible the ultimate epidemic. Since their use would lead to human and material damage orders of magnitude more extensive than anything ever known, and since the medical community would be impotent to respond in any meaningful way, all efforts must be directed to the prevention of nuclear war. By ensuring that the medical realities are known to decision-makers and the people of the world, the medical community can help focus attention on the critical need for an effective prescription for prevention and thereby can contribute in an important fashion to national security.
D004190:Disasters / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004219:District of Columbia; D007564:Japan; D009689:Nuclear Warfare; D010819:Physician's Role; D012380:Role; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States