title: Health effects of war are devastating: pre-emptive war demands pre-emptive criticism by the medical profession.
abstract: The negative health effects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq should act as a watershed in the medical profession's approach to violent conflict.
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases, Christchurch Public Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand. paul.huggan@cdhb.govt.nz
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: Huggan
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D045809:Human Rights Abuses / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000941:ethics*; D014857:Warfare