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Bernard Lown part 1: Nuclear war and the Nobel Peace Prize
This year's winner of the BMJ Group lifetime achievement awards is Dr Bernard Lown. In his time working as a cardiologist Lown developed the direct current defibrillator, pioneered use of lidocaine as control of disturbances of the heartbeat, and was one of the founder members of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).
In this first part of his interview he talks to BMJ Clinical Epidemiology editor Elizabeth Loder about crossing the iron curtain and founding IPPNW with his Soviet colleagues.
Part 2: Over-medicalization in the USA
Part 3: Segregation in the blood bank.
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