Conference Coverage

VIDEO: Do you ask patients about guns in their homes?


 

AT ACP 2014

ORLANDO – The American College of Physicians released a policy paper on April 10 calling gun violence a public health threat and asking physicians to discuss gun violence with their patients.

Physicians, however, vary in how they handle the issue, depending on where they work, or how they view the issue. In a series of onsite interviews with physicians attending the American College of Physicians annual meeting, we captured a snapshot of their own nuanced perspectives.

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