Counseling about firearms: Proposed legislation is a threat to physicians and their patients

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2168-2172

  Vernick, Jon S ^a   Teret, Stephen P ^a   Smith, Gary A ^b   Webster, Daniel W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipatory guidance; Firearms; Injury control; Policy

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FIREARM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; PEDIATRICS;

COUNSELING; FIREARMS; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; VIRGINIA; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 33750946060     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1120     Document Type: Review

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