ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2016
Physicians Asking Patients About Guns: Promoting Patient Safety, Respecting Patient Rights.
Article in Journal of general internal medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Breaking the Silence: The Role of Screening in Physician-Initiated Firearm Safety Conversations.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2025Article
- Using Longitudinal Curriculum to Improve Psychiatry Residents' Attitudes Regarding Firearm Anticipatory Guidance.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2023Article
- Patient and Clinician Perspectives of a Standardized Question About Firearm Access to Support Suicide Prevention: A Qualitative Study.JAMA health forum · 2022Article
- Primary care physician and resident perceptions of gun safety counseling.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2022Article
- "What Will Happen If I Say Yes?" Perspectives on a Standardized Firearm Access Question Among Adults With Depressive Symptoms.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2021Article
- Documentation of Screening for Firearm Access by Healthcare Providers in the Veterans Healthcare System: A Retrospective Study.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Promoting Safe Firearm Storage in an Urban Neighborhood: The Views of Parents Concerning the Role of Health Care Providers.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- Putting the Conversation about Gun Ownership and Safety in Context.Journal of general internal medicine · 2016Article
- Guns, Doctors and Public Health.Journal of general internal medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
Recent debate on whether physicians should discuss gun ownership with their patients has centered on determining whether gun injuries are an issue of health or safety, and on protecting patient privacy. Yet, physicians' duties span personal health, public health, and safety spheres, and they often must address private patient matters. To prioritize gun safety and reduce gun injuries, the primary policy-driving question should be: will physician counseling on gun ownership effectively reduce gun-related injuries without interfering with the physician's other treatment obligations or compromising the physician-patient relationship? Existing data on physician-initiated conversations with patients about guns support a positive prevention effect. However, it is critical that physician-initiated discussions of safe gun practices are not motivated by, nor convey, disapproval of gun ownership. To be ethical, respectful, and efficient, the conversation should be standard between primary care providers and all of their patients (not limited to patient subsets); questions and education should be limited to topics of gun-ownership risks and storage practices; and the conversation must be framed without bias against gun ownership.
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