Yes, you can: Physicians, patients, and firearms

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 205-213

  Wintemute, Garen J ^a,b,c   Betz, Marian E ^a,b,c   Ranney, Megan L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; HEALTH INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

COUNSELING; DISCLOSURE; FIREARMS; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84980390649     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-2905     Document Type: Article

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