Citation

Betz ME. Acad. Emerg. Med. 2018; 25(5): 605-606.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/acem.13344

PMID

29125665

Abstract

As emergency physicians, we're used to asking patients about sensitive topics. We overcame discomfort by practicing questions like "Do you have sex with men, women or both?" until the words flowed smoothly. In lectures, I urge providers to counsel suicidal patients about firearm access, given that reducing lethal means access can save lives.(1,2) But early on, I didn't know how to talk about firearms without offending my patients. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Language: en

Keywords

firearm; injury prevention; psychobehavioral emergencies; public health