Last Aid; The Medical Dimensions of Nuclear War

Chivian, Eric (Editor); Chivian, Susanna (Editor); Lifton, Robert Jay (Editor); and Mack, John E. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0716714353 / ISBN 13: 9780716714354

Published by W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, CA, 1982

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xxii, [2], 338, (6) pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps. Charts. Tables. References. Appendix. Suggested Readings. Index. Some sticker residue to covers. Some wear to cover edges. Foreword by Lewis Thomas, M.D. This work consists chiefly of papers from the First Congress of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, held in Washington, DC, March 1981. Discusses the medical aspects of the atomic bombing of Japan, and the potential physical and medical consequences, medical response, and environmental and psychological consequences of a nuclear war in the 1980's. The contentw were written by the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the winners of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. Among the contributors are Samuel Glasstone, Kosta Tsipis, Robert Jay Lifton, and Joseph Rotblat. Among the topics are nuclear disarmament, nuclear explosions, Nagasaki, Atomic Bombings, Hiroshima, Medical Effects, Medical Consequences, Nuclear Attack, Megaton, Medical Response, Survivors, Radiation Exposure, and Radioactive Fallout. Eric S. Chivian is the founder and director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHGE) at Harvard Medical School, where he is also an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry. A 1964 graduate of Harvard University (AB, biochemistry), he went on to graduate from Harvard Medical School in 1968. In recent years, Chivian has worked to explore common ground between scientific and religious perspectives on environmental issues. Together with the Rev. Richard Cizik, then Vice President for Governmental Affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals, Chivian was named by Time (magazine) in 2008 as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, for their work in organizing scientists and evangelicals to join together in efforts to protect the global environment. Robert Jay Lifton (born May 16, 1926) is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of wars and political violence, and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Last Aid; The Medical Dimensions of Nuclear War
• Publisher: W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, CA
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0716714353
• ISBN 13: 9780716714354
• Binding: Trade paperback
• Edition: First Printing.
• Condition: good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military Medicine
  • Radiation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • WWII

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