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Gun Violence Is a Health Crisis: Physicians’ Responsibilities

Authors: Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH, Kate M. Selker, BA, Mark D. Schwartz, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 5/2013

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If we were told of a preventable condition that kills 30,000 people in our country each year, and that it could be curbed by changing public opinion, we’d think the task was in reach.1 Marketing has turned the tide against smoking, for example.2 Cigarettes’ status has fallen from fashionable to toxic. This was a slow process—changes in advertising, education, films, and, eventually, laws, made it clear that smoking kills. …

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Title: Gun Violence Is a Health Crisis: Physicians’ Responsibilities
Authors: Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH
Kate M. Selker, BA
Mark D. Schwartz, MD
Publication date: 01-05-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 5/2013
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-013-2408-2

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