title: Nuclear disasters: current plans and future directions for oncologists.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To show that there is a significant role for oncologists in the event of a terrorist nuclear disaster. Professionals need data on current political issues regarding a nuclear attack already put in place by the administration and the military.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review of what actually occurs during a fission bomb's explosion helps to point out what medical care will be most needed. The author contends that those trained in the oncologies could play a major part.
  
  
  METHODS
  Modern-day America.
  
  
  METHODS
  Potential civilian survivors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Large gaps noted in statewide disaster plans in the public domain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oncologists must get involved now in disaster planning; statewide plans are necessary throughout the nation; the public needs to know the basics of what to do in the advent of a nuclear bomb explosion.
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Goffman
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D054043:Nuclear Weapons; D010819:Physician's Role; D011847:Radioactive Fallout
chemical_list: D011847:Radioactive Fallout