Abolishing the entire system of nuclear weapons: An issue of quality control and public safety

摘要

Just weeks after withdrawing from the Intermediate‐Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on August 2, 2019, a medium‐range cruise missile was tested in one of the countries that possess a huge number of nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, weeks before the missile test, in an influential medical journal, a physician member of the Physician for Social Responsibility (PSR) reminded us the important role of physicians for advising the public and politicians to abolish nuclear weapons. Physicians know that medical errors cannot be completely eliminated in health care, just as nuclear weapon error: “Never event never stops”.