Written by world-renowned scientists, this volume portrays the possible direct and indirect devastation of human health from a nuclear attack. The most comprehensive work yet produced on this subject, "The Medical Implications of Nuclear War" includes an overview of the potential environmental and physical effects of nuclear bombardment, describes the problems of choosing who among the injured would get the scarce medical care available, addresses the nuclear arms race from a psychosocial perspective, and reviews the medical needs - in contrast to the medical resources likely to be available - after a nuclear attack. "It should serve as the definitive statement on the consequences of nuclear war." - "Arms Control Today."
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Written by world-renowned scientists, this volume portrays the possible direct and indirect devastation of human health from a nuclear attack. The most comprehensive work yet produced on this subject, The Medical Implications of Nuclear War includes an overview of the potential environmental and physical effects of nuclear bombardment, describes the problems of choosing who among the injured would get the scarce medical care available, addresses the nuclear arms race from a psychosocial perspective, and reviews the medical needs--in contrast to the medical resources likely to be available--after a nuclear attack. "It should serve as the definitive statement on the consequences of nuclear war."--Arms Control Today
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edition.
About the Author
Fred Solomon and Robert Q. Marston, Editors; with a foreword by Lewis Thomas; Steering Committee for the Symposium on the Medical Implications of Nuclear War, Institute of Medicine
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Chilling,
By Bkwrmi (California, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Medical Implications of Nuclear War (Hardcover)
I read this book fairly recently, and even when viewed as a relic of the cold war, it is a chilling read. I am not in a position to judge accuracy or the continued relevance the scientific content (although I consider it quite thourough). It kept me awake for a night or two. Scarier than Stephen King and a good arguement for nuclear disarmament.
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The Medical Implications of Nuclear War,
This review is from: The Medical Implications of Nuclear War (Institute for Medicine, National Academy of Sciences) (Paperback)
This book is a collection of papers presented at a symposium held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. on September 20-22, 1985 sponsored by the NAS Institute of Medicine.The papers are divided in to five sections: Part 1, Nuclear War with Modern Weapons: Physical Effects and Enviromental Consequences Part 2, Health Consequences of Nuclear War Part 3, Medical Resources Needs and Availability Following Nuclear War Part 4, Images and Risks of Nuclear War: Psychosocial Perspectives Part 5, Long-Term Consequences of and Prospects for Recovery from Nuclear War: Two Views
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