Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Gun violence is a major cause of preventable injury and death in the United States, leading to more than 33,000 deaths each year.However, gun violence prevention is an understudied and underfunded area of research.We review the barriers to research in the field, including restrictions on federal funding.We then outline potential areas in which further research could inform clinical practice, public health efforts, and public policy.We also review examples of innovative collaborations among interdisciplinary teams working to develop strategies to integrate gun violence prevention into patient-doctor interactions in order to interrupt the cycle of gun violence. An Ethical Obligation to Address Gun ViolenceMore than twenty survivors of the Pulse nightclub massacre traveled together to Boston, Massachusetts, in the days before the one-year anniversary of that horrific night.They met with a group of physicians, nurses, social workers, administrators, and others at our hospital to talk about their experience.They recounted their memories of the sounds of gunfire, the screams of those around them, and the moans from those felled beside them.They described the ups and downs that have characterized their attempts to rebuild in the year since gunfire shattered their sense of normalcy.They shared their stories in the hopes that if more people could understand what it means to be affected by gun violence, then we, as a nation, would be compelled to act.
Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2782411988