Nuclear Weapons: A Public Health Issue

Nuclear Weapons: A Public Health Issue is organized by Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS).

Original Release Date: November 10, 2021
Termination Date: November 10, 2024

Description:
It is difficult to accept the enormity of the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons. The panel for this course recorded on October 4, 2021 presents the information physicians, health care professionals and the lay public need to address this danger and advocate for change, as we physicians have done so effectively in the past.

Jointly provided by the Massachusetts Medical Society, its Committee on Environmental & Occupational Health, its Committee on Global Health, and Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility

Course Objectives:

• Review the medical consequences of a nuclear war or accident
• Discuss the likelihood that nuclear war or accident might occur
• Describe the current state of preparedness to deal with these nuclear threats