Physicians on the Frontlines: Understanding the Lived Experience of Physicians Working in Communities That Experienced a Mass Casualty Shooting
| Autor: | Blake N. Shultz, Gail D'Onofrio, Megan L. Ranney, Edouard Coupet, Carolyn T. Lye, Kathleen M O'Neill |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | J Law Med Ethics |
| ISSN: | 1748-720X 1073-1105 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1073110520979402 |
| Popis: | This qualitative study describes the lived experience of physicians who work in communities that have experienced a public mass shooting. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seventeen physicians involved in eight separate mass casualty shooting incidents in the United States. Four major themes emerged from constant comparative analysis: (1) The psychological toll on physicians: “I wonder if I'm broken”; (2) the importance of and need for mass casualty shooting preparedness: “[We need to] recognize this as a public health concern and train physicians to manage it”; (3) massive media attention: “The media onslaught was unbelievable”; and (4) commitment to advocacy for a public health approach to firearm violence: “I want to do whatever I can to prevent some of these terrible events.” |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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