What is it about?
The editorial calls on on health professional associations to inform their members worldwide about the threat to human survival and to join with the IPPNW to support efforts to reduce the near-term risks of nuclear war
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Why is it important?
The editorial sets out three things health professionals can do to help reduce nuclear risk: urge theoir governments to 1) adopt a no first use policy, 2) take their nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert and 3) urge all states involved in current conflicts to pledge publicly and unequivocally that they will not use nuclear weapons in these conflicts
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This editorial is being published in over 150 journals worldwide, so each publication is a part of a global voice of the health profession.
Chris Zielinski
University of Winchester
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This page is a summary of: Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War: The Role of Health Professionals, American Journal of Psychiatry, October 2023, American Psychiatric Association,
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230595.
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