AMA urges doctors to fight media violence

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The American Medical Association (AMA) is encouraging physicians to be more proactive in informing young people and their parents about the deleterious effects of media violence. It is distributing the 21-page "Physician Guide to Media Violence" to 60,000 physicians to aid them in taking patients' mental histories and educating people about violence in the media. The AMA's national media violence campaign was inspired by the success of a similar campaign undertaken by the Minnesota Medical Association.

Physicians & Surgeons, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Study and teaching, Violence in mass media, Media violence

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Grappling with the concept of nuclear war

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A nuclear war would create a medical situation that is beyond imagination. Physicians and the American Medical Association agree that there is not much that can be done to prepare medical plans that would be adequate. The debate centers on various scenarios of human devastation and needs in nuclear warfare. How best to prepare for this while being realistic about the realities of nuclear warfare is a major question being dealt with by the medical profession.

United States, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, United States foreign relations, Public opinion, Soviet foreign relations, Soviet Union, Nuclear disarmament, Dickey, John E., Lewis, Bennet

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State doctors weigh in on late-term abortion debate

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The state medical societies of New Jersey and Illinois have decided to favor state legislation to prohibit the intact dilation and extraction abortion procedure, also known as partial birth abortion. The state medical societies of Maine and California have decided to oppose similar legislation in their states. The American Medical Association has not yet taken a position on federal legislation to ban the procedure.

Professional Organizations, Medical Associations, Political aspects, Abortion, Medical societies, California Medical Association, Medical Society of New Jersey, Maine Medical Association

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