Physicians Must Confront the Increasing Threat of Nuclear War

Abstract

This is an age of unprecedented uncertainty. Life is now perilously posed at the precipice of history. Never before has man possessed the destructive resources to make this planet uninhabitable. Having unlocked the Pandora's box of the atom, a new dimension has been provided to our potential for self-annihilation. An objective assessment indicates no vital national interest that would justify nuclear war. Nonetheless, the nuclear arms race is ever accelerating.