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Leonard B. Greentree, MD

JAMA. 1975;233(11):1171-1172.

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ONCE again, rumors of impending nuclear war are being circulated in the capitals of the world. For this reason, it is important to review medical preparedness in the United States for its civilian population. Simply stated, medical preparedness for the US civilian population is presently in a precarious position. In fact, any further reduction of our emergency medical stockpile would make "preparedness" an empty word.¹ "In reality," says a research report published by our Defense Department, "it appears that today's civil defense could only meet the full test of adequacy under one contingency, the contingency that nuclear war does not occur."² For unclear reasons, the American public has been spared knowledge of the present plight of medical preparedness for its civilian population. It may well be that most people, and this includes those in the government, instinctively refuse to think of war. Some even believe that considering the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Columbus, Ohio

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