Doctors have Rx ....for world peace ‘‘PEOPLE HAVE no idea of the devastation that nuclear war would cause; we have to let them know the type of nuclear weapons we're talking about have many times more power than the ones that were used in Japan in the last war... Medicine in the current time just couldn’t handle a nuclear attack. It would be the end of things as we know them.’’ The speaker is Dr. Enid Pine, a West Vancouver psychiatrist who, in addition to her private practice, is a Consulting Psychiatrist for Health Services at Simon Fraser University. Pine is also a member of the 400-strong B.C. chapter of the Physicians for Social Responsibility, one of the fastest growing organizations in the movement against the proliferation of nuclear arms. According to Dr. Bill Hanley, a West Vancouver psychiatrist and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, the main objective of PSR is to educate the public about the dangers and threats of nuclear war from a medical viewpoint. ‘*We have to show people there is no effective medical response to a nuclear war, and the only way to deal with if is tO prevent one,’” says Hanley. ‘‘We speak in terms of the final epidemic. There is no cure for what will hap- pen to people in a nuclear war.”’ Physicians for Social Responsibility was fotnded in Boston in the early 1960s by doctors concerned’ with the fallout from atmgspheric bomb testing. Follqwing a period of inactivity, PSR was By JOANNE MacDONALD reborn in the late 1970s, when Dr. Helen Caldicott, an outspoken Australian pediatrician, became involved. Featured in the controver- sial NFB film, [f You Love This Planet, Caldicott is con- sidered an authority on the medical horrors that could result from a= nuclear holocaust. She and PSR col- leagues in the United States and Canada have staged seminars and public informa- tion meetings in efforts to publicize the escalating arms race between the world’s superpowers. One such event yielded a book by B.C.’s PSR chapter entitled The Prevention of Nuclear War. The book outlines, in graphic detail, the effects of a nuclear attack on major centres such as Vancouver and Calgary. Bas- ed on a symposium held at UBC in March, The Preven- tion of Nuclear Waris a col- lection of speeches and essays discussing such topics as the psychological aspects of the nuclear arms race, the physi- cian’s role in a_ nuclear holocaust and the economic implications of the arms race. It also offers suggestions on how average citizens can become involved in the disar- mament movement. The book has been hailed for offering perhaps the first incisive look at how the nuclear arms race affects Canadians, with one section devoted entirely to Canada and the cruise missile. To emphasize their support for the drive against cruise missile testing in Canada, PSR will be among over 140 groups marching in Van- couver Saturday from Jericho Park to Vanier Park at 1l a.m. A rally will follow at | p.m. with the keynote speaker being C.G. Gifford, DFC, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, who serves as the chairman of Veterans for Mulitlateral Nuclear Disar- mament. Entertainment will be provided by singer Ann Mortifee. The march is being held on an international day of pro- test, and is the kickoff for United Nations Disarmament Week, October 22-30. The executive director for PSR in B.C., Brenda Milne told the North Shore News the march will coincide with protests in the U.S. and such European centres as London, Paris and Stockholm. ‘“‘In Canada, the protests are against testing of the cruise,’’ says Milne. ‘‘Elsewhere, they will be against deployment of the cruise and Pershing missiles in Europe.’’ Besides the march, PSR’s main goal now is to continue its) public awareness ac- tivities. North Shore members are involved in a **Refuse the Cruise’’ petition drive (sponsored by the End the Arms Race coalition), Call Classified 986-6222 Since we have been selling our J y he hasn't had alot to do WHY IS J. FROST IN THE POOL HALL? The top quahty, all Cast lron Woodstove, from Le Belle Provence, the Le Cadet iw yust one of those ehmuinators Why does J brosthate WOODS LOVES UNEIMETE DD? 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