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The Delusional Thinking Behind a Policy of 'Nuclear Deterrence'
Twenty-one years ago the national conference of the Medical Campaign against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW) questioned the thinking behind the nuclear arms race. MCANW’s members were particularly concerned that this race was continuing despite positive […]
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Preventing Torture report follow-up workshops: the case of Sri Lanka
In May 2013 in the House of Lords, Medact organised a workshop to discuss the recommendations of the Sri Lankan case study in the Medact report Preventing Torture: the role […]
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Blood transfusion services in the wake of the humanitarian and health crisis following multiple detonations of nuclear weapons
The nuclear detonations in August 1945 at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (at 16 and 21 Kt equivalent respectively) killed at least 110,000 citizens immediately: an estimated further 130,000 died by the […]
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Annual Report 2011/12
Medact Annual Report 2011/12
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Mental Health Policy in Iraq since 2003
(updated 2012) This report provides a case study of the post-conflict rehabilitation of services and development of mental health policy following the invasion of Iraq in 2003. It illustrates common […]
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Drones – the physical and psychological implications of a global theatre of war
On October 13th 2012, Medact released its report “Drones: the physical and psychological implications of a global theatre of war“. In the past decade, there has been an exponential increase […]
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Annual Report 2010/11
Medact Annual Report 2010/11
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Preventing Torture – the role of physicians and their professional organisations
Preventing Torture: the role of physicians and their professional organisations: principles and practice was originally launched with a Comment piece in the Lancet. The report considers how professional medical bodies can […]
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2011 Medical Peace Work Prize
The 2011 International Medical Peace Award was given to Prof Dr Sebnem Korur Financi, President of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, for her courageous opposition to torture and human rights […]
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Annual Report 2009/10
Medact Annual Report 2009/10
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The Future of the NHS
Alarmed by the way ‘choice’ is being used to promote the NHS reforms, Medact wrote a pamphlet which unpicks what is meant by ‘choice’, exposes how the increase in ‘choice’ […]