TY - JOUR T1 - PRotecting the patient-physician relationship in florida AU - Schaechter J, Cosgrove LA, Rathore MH Y1 - 2013/04/01 N1 - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1461 JO - JAMA Pediatrics SP - 317 EP - 318 VL - 167 IS - 4 N2 - More than 128 000 children in Florida live in a home with at least 1 loaded and unlocked firearm.1 In the United States in 2007, 17% of all injury-related pediatric deaths and 25% of deaths among adolescents 15 to 19 years of age were firearm-related deaths.2 In the same year, 177 youths in Florida were killed by firearms.2 US children 5 to 14 years of age have 8 times the firearm suicide rate and 10 times the unintentional firearm death rate of children in comparable high-income nations. For older teens, firearms are the leading method of homicide, which is the second leading cause of death, with suicide being the third leading cause.2 Unintentional firearm fatalities are undercounted, and often the shooter is also a child or other family member.3 In 2010, more than 15 500 children and teens were treated in emergency departments for nonfatal firearm injuries, and 40% required hospitalization.2 SN - 2168-6203 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1461 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1461 ER -