Citation

Palfrey JS, Palfrey S. New Engl. J. Med. 2013; 368(5): 401-403.

Affiliation

From the Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital (J.S.P.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (S.P.) - both in Boston.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJMp1215606

PMID

23272974

Abstract

As practicing pediatricians who have lost patients to gun violence, we join our colleagues in mourning the 20 children and their teachers who were killed in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012. Our sadness is deepened by our knowledge that the deaths, terror, and post-traumatic stress of the relatives and friends left behind could have been prevented. Prevention is the core of pediatric work. We aim to protect children from all things that can harm them. Injuries are the biggest threat to U.S. children over 1 year of age. In 2010, gun-related injuries accounted for 6570 deaths of children and . . .

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