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Kenneth A. Lucas, MD
Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Good Samaritan Hospital Phoenix

JAMA. 1985;253(10):1389.

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To the Editor.—

In reference to the articles in the Aug 3, 1984, issue of THE JOURNAL concerning the effects of nuclear war, I believe that everyone is in favor of motherhood, apple pie, and the prevention of nuclear war. Unfortunately, 2,000 years of history indicate that once any weapons are in place, they will be used, and in fact have already been used. Orwell, I believe, wrote that the first obligation of an educated person is to state the obvious. This has certainly been done in Abrams'¹ article, which repeats many of his assertions previously published in the New England Journal of Medicine. It is perfectly obvious that there will be no medical facilities after an all-out nuclear war. There will be very few facilities available even after a limited nuclear war. A reduction in the number of nuclear weapons around the world by half over the next . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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