title: Docs and Nukes--Still a Live Issue.
abstract: Physicians have played a key role in warning governments and the public about the danger of nuclear war and the need to abolish nuclear weapons. That role is still needed: existing nuclear warheads pose an existential threat to humanity.
authors.affiliation: From Physicians for Social Responsibility, Washington, DC (I.H., V.W.S.); the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Somerville (I.H., V.W.S.), Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Leeds (I.H., V.W.S.), and the Family Care Medical Center, Springfield (I.H.) - all in Massachusetts; and the Department of Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York (V.W.S.).
authors.forename: Ira
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Helfand
authors.forename: Victor W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Sidel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009689:Nuclear Warfare / Q000517:prevention & control*; D054043:Nuclear Weapons; D010819:Physician's Role