Patients and Guns: Florida Physicians Are Not Asking
- 1 November 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 112 (11), 581-585
- https://doi.org/10.14423/smj.0000000000001035
Abstract
Objectives: The number of deaths from gun violence continues to increase in the United States. Despite multiple studies demonstrating that counseling patients leads to safer gun storage, it is not routinely practiced by physicians. There are multiple barriers to discussing firearms with patients. A barrier in Florida, until recently, was a law preventing physicians from asking patients about...Keywords
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