Enlisting healthcare professionals in the campaign against incendiary weapons

Bonnie Docherty; Jeffrey C Schneider

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2021.11.008

Enlisting healthcare professionals in the campaign against incendiary weapons

Burns. 2022 Mar;48(2):485-486. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2021.11.008. Epub 2021 Nov 16.

Authors

Bonnie Docherty¹, Jeffrey C Schneider²

Affiliations

¹ International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School, and Arms Division, Human Rights Watch, 6 Everett St, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: bdocherty@law.harvard.edu.
² Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, 300 1st Avenue, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. Electronic address: jcschneider@partners.org.

PMID: 34903413
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2021.11.008

Abstract

AThe exceptionally severe burns caused by incendiary weapons make strengthening international law a humanitarian imperative. Given healthcare professionals' deep understanding of the human cost of burn injuries, they are in a unique position to urge governments to initiate a process to assess the law's shortcomings at a major UN disarmament meeting in December. One way to advocate for such policy change is by signing an open letter from healthcare professionals and burn survivor organizations.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Burns* / therapy
Delivery of Health Care
Health Personnel
Humans
Organizations