title: Deadly addiction: India and Pakistan on the nuclear brink.
abstract: The effects of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the political and moral context surrounding their use are discussed. The rationale for development of the Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons programmes are summarised and critically examined in comparison to the costs of the programmes and the social needs, which could have been addressed. Alternative routes to provide peace and security are proposed, both for India, Pakistan, and other nuclear-weapon states, with particular emphasis on the role of physicians and other health workers.
authors.affiliation: Physicians for Global Survival, Ottawa KIR 6P1. narya@uwaterloo.ca
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arya
mesh_terms: D002959:Civil Defense; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009689:Nuclear Warfare / Q000191:economics; D010154:Pakistan; D010819:Physician's Role; D011057:Politics; D014857:Warfare