Physician counseling on firearm safety: A new kind of cultural competence

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 449-450

  Betz, Marian E ^a   Wintemute, Garen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COUNSELING; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NOTE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SAFETY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; LEADERSHIP; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

COUNSELING; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84938775893     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.7055     Document Type: Note

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