Search results for "Firearms"
Is your patient depressed or just demoralized?
Demoralization is common among inpatients and can be treated with relatively simple interventions, according to a psychiatrist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/08/is-your-patient-depressed-or-just-demoralized.htm
8 May 2024
Political conversations with patients
Questions about politics are inevitable in clinics and hospitals during this election season.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/political-conversations-with-patients.htm
15 Oct 2020
Recent Research
Ambulatory ECG monitoring after stroke, benefit of ventilator bundle components, alteplase and long-term survival after ischemic stroke, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2017
About 20% of gun owners did not undergo prepurchase background check, survey indicates
Adult gun owners were asked where and when they acquired their last firearm, whether they purchased it, and whether they had a background check or were asked to show a license or permit as part of that purchase.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/11/4.htm
11 Jan 2017
Hospitalization for firearm injury associated with risk for violence-related arrest
Hospitalization may provide an opportunity for harm reduction interventions among patients injured by firearms or assaults, according to the study authors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/10/19/2.htm
19 Oct 2016
In the News
New hospitals and patient satisfaction, NSAIDs and adverse events, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2015
8 health organizations, American Bar Association call for gun policies
A call for policies to help mitigate the rate of firearm injuries and deaths in the U.S. was announced by the American College of Physicians, 7 other national health professional organizations, and the American Bar Association.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/25/2.htm
25 Feb 2015
ACP offers recommendations for reducing gun-related injuries and deaths in the U.S.
A new ACP policy paper offers 9 strategies to address the societal, health care, and regulatory barriers to reducing firearms-related violence, injuries and deaths in the United States. “Reducing Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in the United States” appeared online April 10 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/16/6.htm
16 Apr 2014
The dark side of doctoring
Physicians who commit suicide appear to differ from nonphysicians in several ways.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/qa.htm
15 Mar 2013