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Time to Bite the Bullet Back

C. Everett Koop, MD; George D. Lundberg, MD

JAMA. 1992;267(22):3075-3076.

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Violence, according to one dictionary, is defined as "(1) exertion of any physical force so as to injure or abuse, (2) injury by or as if by distortion, infringement, or profanation, (3) intense, turbulent and often destructive action, or force." In his book Powershift Alvin Toffler identifies violence or the threat of violence as one of the three fundamental sources of all human power, the other two being money and knowledge. Toffler convincingly argues that these power sources influence every person and all groups including government. Of the three, violence is the lowest form of power because it can only be used to punish. Knowledge and money are far more versatile and can be used in an infinite variety of positive as well as negative or manipulative ways.¹ The violence referred to in this issue of JAMA is the interpersonal kind rather than such types as war or that . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the National Safe Kids Campaign, Washington, DC (Dr Koop), and the Scientific Publications Group, American Medical Association, Chicago, Ill (Dr Lundberg).

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Scientific Publications Group, American Medical Association, 515 N State St, Chicago, IL 60610 (Dr Lundberg).

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