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"On an average day in the United States, guns are used to kill over ninety people and wound about three hundred more; yet such facts are accepted as a natural consequence of supposedly high American rates of violence. Private Guns, Public Health reveals the advantages of treating gun violence a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hemenway, David, 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Ann Arbor, Michigan] : University of Michigan Press, 2017.
Edición:New edition.
Temas:
Gunshot wounds > United States > Prevention.
Firearms > Law and legislation > United States.
Gun control > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Firearms ownership > United States.
Firearms > legislation & jurisprudence
Armes à feu > Contrôle > États-Unis.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Armes à feu > Possession > États-Unis.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
Firearms > Law and legislation
Firearms ownership
Gun control
Medical policy
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Guns and american society
  • The scope of the gun problem
  • The facts about gun ownership
  • The public health approach
  • What public health means in practice
  • The scientific basis of injury control
  • The wrong medicine : good guys and bad guys
  • Gun-related injury and death
  • Gun accidents
  • Suicides
  • Homicides
  • Other gun-related crimes
  • Self-defense use of guns
  • The myth and reality of deterrence
  • How common is self-defense gun use?
  • Is more better?
  • How effective is self-defense gun use?
  • Location
  • Guns in the home
  • Guns in schools
  • Guns in public.

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