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Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
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Harvey, K, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Opposition to war: An encyclopedia of U.S. peace and antiwar movements, MK Hall (ed), Santa Barbara, 2, pp. 553-554 (2018) [Entry]
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Abstract
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) is a public education and advocacy group
founded in 1961 and dedicated to medical professionals' opposition to nuclear
weapons. In the early 1960s, many Boston-area doctors shared their concerns over
the threats posed by the nuclear arms race. They founded a small study group that
met at the home of Dr. Bernard Lown, a Harvard cardiologist. The group largely
comprised psychiatrists and community health specialists and was mostly academic.
It soon became formally known as PSR, and the group's first significant activity was
to prepare a series of articles for the New England Journal of Medicine, a nationally
and internationally renowned medical journal. Despite the political conservatism
of the journal'.s publisher-the Massachusetts Medical Society-and the novel nature
of the enterprise, the papers were published as a symposium entitled "The Medical
Consequences of Nuclear War" in May 1962. This was the first substantial body of
research on the likely effects of a nuclear war between the superpowers and its
potential biological, physical, and psychological impact.
Item Details
Item Type: | Entry |
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Keywords: | peace movement, nuclear weapons, feminism |
Research Division: | History, Heritage and Archaeology |
Research Group: | Historical studies |
Research Field: | North American history |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Understanding past societies |
Objective Field: | Understanding the past of the Americas |
UTAS Author: | Harvey, K (Dr Kyle Harvey) |
ID Code: | 127458 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Deposited By: | College Office - CALE |
Deposited On: | 2018-07-30 |
Last Modified: | 2018-07-30 |
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