NOTE: This episode was filmed prior to the mass shooting in California this past weekend. Our thoughts go out to all those who have been impacted by this tragic event — and to the many others who continue to be affected by gun violence.  

Gerald Harmon, MD, immediate past president, AMA, and family medicine specialist in South Carolina, discusses the heartbreaking realities of gun violence in America—and the impact it has on the health care workforce. During the November Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates, the American Medical Association adopted policy to establish a task force focused on firearm violence prevention, including firearm-involved suicide. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Read more about the AMA’s task force and ongoing efforts here: https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-establish-task-force-focused-firearm-violence-prevention