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Guideline
. 2018 Nov 20;169(10):704-707.
doi: 10.7326/M18-1530. Epub 2018 Oct 30.

Reducing Firearm Injuries and Deaths in the United States: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians

Renee Butkus  1 , Robert Doherty  1 , Sue S Bornstein  2 ; Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians; Jan K Carney, Tom Cooney, Lee Engel, Heather E Gantzer, Tracey L Henry, Joshua D Lenchus, Bridget M McCandless, Jacob Quinton, Molly Southworth, Alexandria Valdrighi, Mary Anderson Wallace
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Reducing Firearm Injuries and Deaths in the United States: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians

Renee Butkus et al. Ann Intern Med. .
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Abstract

For more than 20 years, the American College of Physicians (ACP) has advocated for the need to address firearm-related injuries and deaths in the United States. Yet, firearm violence continues to be a public health crisis that requires the nation's immediate attention. The policy recommendations in this paper build on, strengthen, and expand current ACP policies approved by the Board of Regents in April 2014, based on analysis of approaches that the evidence suggests will be effective in reducing deaths and injuries from firearm-related violence.

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