Loaded Questions: Internet Commenters’ Opinions on Physician-Patient Firearm Safety Conversations

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Loaded Questions: Internet Commenters’ Opinions on Physician-Patient Firearm Safety Conversations

Category: Behavior, Injury|Journal: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (full text)|Author: A Allen, C Knoepke, D Matlock, G Wintemute, M Betz, M Ranney|Year: 2017

Medical and public health societies advocate that healthcare providers (HCPs) counsel at-risk patients to reduce firearm injury risk. Anonymous online media comments often contain extreme viewpoints and may therefore help in understanding challenges of firearm safety counseling. To help inform injury prevention efforts, we sought to examine commenters’ stated opinions regarding firearm safety counseling HCPs.

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