AMA responds to tragic gun violence incidents

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Statement attributed to:
Patrice Harris, M.D., M.A.
President, American Medical Association

“The devastating gun violence tragedies in our nation this weekend are heartbreaking to physicians across America. We see the victims in our emergency departments and deliver trauma care to the injured, provide psychiatric care to the survivors, and console the families of the deceased. The frequency and scale of these mass shootings demands action.

 

 

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