Citation

Jones N, Nguyen J, Strand NK, Reeves K. AMA J. Ethics 2018; 20(1): 84-90.

Affiliation

The director of the Center for Bioethics, Urban Health, and Policy at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, where she is also the senior associate dean in the Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and a member of the pediatric faculty.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.pfor2-1801

PMID

29360031

Abstract

What role, if any, physicians should have in the response to gun violence is a question not only of professionalism but also of law, culture, and ethics. We argue that physicians do have important roles to play in the larger landscape of advocacy, public opinion, and reduction of gun violence, but that it is not ethically or legally appropriate for them to serve as gatekeepers of gun privileges by assessing competency.

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