Private Guns, Public Health, New Ed. /

"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
Autor principal: Hemenway, David, 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Ann Arbor, Michigan] : University of Michigan Press, 2017.
Edición:New edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Medical policy.
Gun control.
Firearms ownership.
Firearms > Law and legislation.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
Armes à feu > Possession > États-Unis.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Armes à feu > Contrôle > États-Unis.
Firearms > legislation & jurisprudence
Firearms ownership > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Gun control > United States.
Firearms > Law and legislation > United States.
Gunshot wounds > United States > Prevention.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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 as a consumer safety and public health problem--an approach that emphasizes prevention over punishment and that has successfully reduced the rates of injury and death from infectious disease, car accidents, and tobacco consumption. Hemenway fair-mindedly and authoritatively outlines a policy course that would significantly reduce gun-related injury and death, pointing us toward a solution"--Publisher's description
Descripción Física:1 online resource (394 pages).
ISBN:9780472123254

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