The Medical Effects of Nuclear War. The Report of the British Medical Association's Board of Science and Education, published on behalf of the BMA. Chichester: John Wiley. 1983. Pp 188. £4.50 (BMA members: £3.15).

Martin Roth

doi:10.1192/s0140078900010452

Abstract

The Medical Effects of Nuclear War. The Report of the British Medical Association's Board of Science and Education, published on behalf of the BMA. Chichester: John Wiley. 1983. Pp 188. £4.50 (BMA members: £3.15). - Volume 8 Issue 4

Highlights

This book is the report of a Working Party established after the Annual Representatives Meeting of the BMA had instructed its Board of Science and Education to enquire into the medical effects of nuclear war
The value and authority of the report are strengthened by factual information and testimony provided by the Ministry of Defence, the Home Office and representatives of the Department of Health and Social Security regarding plans for Civil Defence in the UK
The medical and psychological consequences of an attack on a scale of about 200 megatons, which has figured in Home Office calculations and was the basis of a Home Defence exercise in 1980, are assessed in relation to the proposals that have been made for Civil Defence and the facilities which could be expected to remain intact so as to be available for the treatment of survivors

Summary

Introduction

The Medical Effects of Nuclear War. The Report of the British Medical Association's Board of Science and Education, published on behalf of the BMA. This book is the report of a Working Party established after the Annual Representatives Meeting of the BMA had instructed its Board of Science and Education to enquire into the medical effects of nuclear war.

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