Firearm-related injury and death in the United States: A call to actio from 8 health professional organizations and the American Bar Association

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 513-516

  Weinberger, Steven E ^a   Hoyt, David B ^b   Lawrence, Hal C ^c   Levin, Saul ^d   Henley, Douglas E ^e   Alden, Errol R ^f   Wilkerson, Dean ^g   Benjamin, Georges C ^h   Hubbard, William C ⁱ  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists   (United States)

^d AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^f AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^g AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^h AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

ⁱ AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WEAPON; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FIREARM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

FIREARMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MANDATORY REPORTING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84925419588     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-0337     Document Type: Article

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