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The Physician's Oath and the Prevention of Nuclear War
Christine K. Cassel, MD;
Andrew L. Jameton, PhD;
Victor W. Sidel, MD;
Patrick B. Storey, MD
JAMA. 1985;254(5):652-654.
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ON NOV 15, 1983, a sentence was added to the text of the oath taken by physicians in the Soviet Union at the time of their graduation from medical school. The new sentence reads, "Recognizing the danger which nuclear weaponry presents for mankind, [I promise] to struggle tirelessly for peace, and for the prevention of nuclear war." While the role of physicians in educating the public and policymakers about the risks of the nuclear arms race and about the medical consequences of the use of nuclear weapons has been the subject of lively discussion and debate in the United States and in other countries during the last several years, this example of a call for professional responsibility in this area has gone largely unnoticed. While there are distinct differences in the perspective of the Soviet oath from that of physicians in the United States, we share with Soviet physicians an
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Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago (Dr Cassel), Department of Medical Humanities and Jurisprudence, University of Nebraska School of Medicine, Omaha (Dr Jameton), Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/ Einstein School of Medicine, New York (Dr Sidel), and Office of the Dean, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia (Dr Storey).
Footnotes
Reprint requests to Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 (Dr Cassel).
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