Resident Physician Contributing Writer
University of California San Francisco
Juliana is a PGY-2 resident in Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
I work at one of several hospitals in the country whose security force is staffed by law enforcement personnel. It’s also one of the 52 percent of hospitals nationwide whose security guards are armed with handguns.
I knew what was coming before it happened. She was looking up at the ring of white coats encircling her hospital bed, eyes darting from side to side to follow the sequence of their voices when suddenly, her lower lip began to quiver. And with her quivering lip, her breaths came faster and she sucked in deep gulps of air between her pleading questions. But soon the pack was headed on to the next patient on rounds. She was left alone, and the tears rolled freely.
Resident Physician Contributing Writer
University of California San Francisco
Juliana is a PGY-2 resident in Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
