EAST evidence-based statement on "Stand Your Ground" laws

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery (E.J.K.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Surgery (T.L.Z.), University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery (M.H.H.), Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Surgery (L.C.T.), Cook County Health, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery (R.R., D.D.Y.), University of Miami Health System, Miami, Florida; Department of Surgery (P.B.M.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Surgery and School of Public Health (R.N.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Surgery (D'A.K.J.), New York University, New York, New York; Department of Surgery (E.R.H.), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Surgery (J.C., J.A.C.), MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio; Department of Surgery (A.B.C.), Atrium Health; Department of Surgery (D.M.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and Department of Surgery (H.S.J.), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

Elinore J Kaufman et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022.

. 2022 Sep 1;93(3):e123-e124.

doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003682. Epub 2022 Jun 10.

¹ From the Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery (E.J.K.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Surgery (T.L.Z.), University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery (M.H.H.), Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Surgery (L.C.T.), Cook County Health, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery (R.R., D.D.Y.), University of Miami Health System, Miami, Florida; Department of Surgery (P.B.M.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Surgery and School of Public Health (R.N.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Surgery (D'A.K.J.), New York University, New York, New York; Department of Surgery (E.R.H.), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Surgery (J.C., J.A.C.), MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio; Department of Surgery (A.B.C.), Atrium Health; Department of Surgery (D.M.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and Department of Surgery (H.S.J.), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

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