Internists' and Surgeons' Attitudes toward Guns and Firearm Injury Prevention
Annals of Internal MedicinePublished 1 February 1998
Christine K. Cassel, Elizabeth A. Nelson, Tom W. Smith, C. William Schwab, Barbara Barlow, Nancy E. Gary
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To describe and define more clearly the attitudes of physicians toward guns and prevention of firearm-related injury, a survey was designed and administered to the membership of the ACP and ACS, the two largest medical specialty societies in the United States.
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Many internists and surgeons think that firearm injuries are a public health issue of growing importance, that physicians should incorporate firearm safety screening and counseling into their practice, that physicians should join community efforts to regulate handguns, and that specific gun regulation measures should be adopted as public policy.
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