TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Enlisting healthcare professionals in the campaign against incendiary weapons JO - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries A1 - Docherty, Bonnie A1 - Schneider, Jeffrey C. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - The 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.
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LA - en SN - 0305-4179 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2021.11.008 ID - ref1 ER -