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EPISODE · Oct 28, 2008 · 56 MIN

"Prescription for Survival: A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness" (video)

from CHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [video] · host The Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago

A talk by Bernard Lown, MD. Physician, author, and Nobel Prize-winning peace activist Bernard Lown discusses his new memoir, "Prescription for Survival: A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness". The inventor of the defibrillator, Dr. Lown was also a peace and anti-nuclear activist, participating in the founding of Physicians for Social Responsibility in 1960 and of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War in 1981. In 1985, IPPNW was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. Lown is currently Professor of Cardiology Emeritus at the Harvard School of Public Health. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.

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