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- Title
Death by Gun Violence-A Public Health Crisis.
- Authors
Bauchner, Howard; Rivara, Frederick P.; Bonow, Robert O.; Bressler, Neil M.; (Nora) Disis, Mary L.; Heckers, Stephan; Josephson, S. Andrew; Kibbe, Melina R.; Piccirillo, Jay F.; Redberg, Rita F.; Rhee, John S.; Robinson, June K.; Disis, Mary L Nora
- Abstract
In this article, the author reflects upon death by gun violence in the U.S. Particular focus is given to the author's opinion that this is a public health crisis. Additional topics discussed include the 2017 shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, how the JAMA Network of journals are committed to providing information to guide interventions that will reduce injuries and deaths from guns, and attempts to suppress research on gun violence in the U.S.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PREVENTION of shootings (Crime); SHOOTINGS (Crime) -- Social aspects; MASS shootings; PUBLIC health; LAS Vegas Strip shooting, Las Vegas, Nev., 2017; GUN laws; GUNSHOT wounds; PHYSICIANS; VIOLENCE; OCCUPATIONAL roles; PREVENTION
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2017, Vol 318, Issue 18, p1763
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2017.16446