Citation

Yanes AF. JAMA Intern. Med. 2017; 177(1): 11-12.

Affiliation

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6734

PMID

27893892

Abstract

In medical school, students learn to understand patients as a whole, stepping back from their medical conditions to see the bigger picture. We are taught that the goal in taking a medical history is to understand the factors putting the patient’s health at risk or contributing to an existing disease. What most of us do not learn is how firearms may affect a patient’s health. A recent systematic review found that students and residents infrequently receive training in firearm safety or firearm injury prevention.

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