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- Title
THE PHYSICIAN'S RESPONSIBILITY CONCERNING FIREARMS AND OLDER PATIENTS.
- Authors
Kapp, Marshall B.
- Abstract
The article examines physician's responsibilities related to firearms and older patients in the U.S. Topics discussed include the firearms regulation in the country; gun ownership and possession by older persons; role of the medical profession regarding firearms as a public health matter; and need of laws that impose affirmative requirements on physicians to inquire about firearms ownership or possession by older patients.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GUN laws; PHYSICIAN-patient relations -- Law &; legislation; OLDER patients; MEDICAL laws; FIREARMS ownership laws; STATUS (Law)
- Publication
Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy, 2016, Vol 25, Issue 2, p159
- ISSN
1055-8942
- Publication type
Article