Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.)

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Dates:
Active 1962

Biographical notes:

Founded in 1961 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by a group of physicians to provide the medical community and the general public the scientific data on which political decisions must in part be based; to alert physicians to the dangerous implications of the arms race; and to promote disarmament and peace.

From the description of Records, 1962- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 38583896

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Subjects:

  • Antinuclear movement
  • Disarmament
  • Nuclear disarmament
  • Peace movements
  • Social medicine
  • Social medicine

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Places:

  • United States (as recorded)

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