Abstract
When catastrophe strikes the role of the physician in disaster operations is vital. Civil defense is the preparation for and the carrying out of emergency functions for the purpose of minimizing and repairing injury and damage resulting from disasters caused by attack, sabotage or other hostile action or by fire, flood, earthquake or other natural causes. Specifically, the role of the medical and health services is briefly summarized for the convenience of the physician as follows:The legislation upon which Civil Defense is based in Massachusetts is Chapter 639, Acts of 1950. Federal, State and Local Civil Defense Authorities have . . .
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