Reducing Firearm Injury and Death : A Public Health Sourcebook on Guns /

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Two experts in public health and injury control show readers how guns are products, designed to injure and kill, and how changes in the design, technology, and marketing of firearms can lead to reductions in the number of injuries and fatalities.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Karlson, Trudy Ann
Otros Autores: Hargarten, Stephen W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1997.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Firearms > Marketing.
Firearms > Design and construction.
Firearms accidents > Prevention.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
social sciences.
sociology.
public health.
Sciences sociales.
Sociologie.
Contrôle social.
Prestation de soins.
Maladies.
Lesions et blessures.
Produits manufactures.
Plaies penetrantes.
Sante publique.
Lesions et blessures par armes à feu.
Armes à feu.
Politique sanitaire.
Armes à feu > Conception et construction.
Social Sciences
Sociology
Social Control, Formal
Delivery of Health Care
Disease
Wounds and Injuries
Manufactured Materials
Wounds, Penetrating
Public Health
Wounds, Gunshot
Health Policy
Consumer Product Safety
Wounds, Gunshot > prevention & control
Firearms
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Social control.
Medical care.
Diseases.
Wounds and injuries.
Manufactures.
Penetrating wounds.
Public health.
Gunshot wounds.
Medical policy.
Firearms.
United States
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Stephen P. Teret
  • Introduction: Why We Are Writing This Book
  • 1. The Scope of the Problem
  • 2. Guns and Ammunition: The Basics
  • 3. Modern Firearms
  • 4. Comparing Firearms
  • 5. Injuries from Firearms
  • 6. Where Guns Come From
  • 7. How Guns Are Currently Regulated
  • 8. Strategies for Reducing Deaths and Injuries from Firearms
  • App. 1. Factoring Criteria for Handguns
  • App. 2. Text of ATF Form 4473
  • App. 3. A List of Concerned Organizations
  • App. 4. Where to Find Out More.

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