TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - What is the institutional duty of trauma systems to respond to gun violence?
JO  - AMA journal of ethics
A1  - Scarlet, Sara
A1  - Rogers, Selwyn O.
SP  - 483
EP  - 491
VL  - 20
IS  - 5
N2  - In the past, trauma centers have almost exclusively focused on caring for patients who suffer from physical trauma resulting from violence. However, as clinicians' perspectives on violence shift, violence prevention and intervention have been increasingly recognized as integral aspects of trauma care. Hospital-based violence intervention programs are an emerging strategy for ending the cycle of violence by focusing efforts in the trauma center context. These programs, with their multipronged, community-based approach, have shown great potential in reducing trauma recidivism by leveraging the acute experience of violence as an opportunity to introduce services and assess risk of re-injury. In this article, we explore the evolving role of trauma centers and consider their institutional duty to address violence broadly, including prevention.<br><br>© 2018 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2376-6980
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.msoc2-1805
ID  - ref1
ER  -