Forging Freedom from Fear

Forging freedom from fear.

Date Received: 25 September, 1997 Accepted: 12 December, 1997 Introduction Before I expose my subject, I would like to pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Brock Chisholm, first Director-General of the World Health Organization, whose memory inspired the establishment of this lecture. Those who did so obviously hoped to create a chain of inspiration leading from the root of the Organization into th...

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