Child health supervision--is it worth it?

It is something of a paradox that pediatricians should question the worth of child health supervision, "the foundation of pediatrics," as a recent statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics has asserted.1 It was the concepts of prevention, education, and counsel rather than the peculi...

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Published in:	Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 272 - 277
Main Author:	Yankauer, A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-08-1973
Subjects:	Academies and Institutes Allied Health Personnel - utilization Attitude of Health Personnel Child Health Services Child, Preschool Comprehensive Health Care Evaluation Studies as Topic Health Education Humans Immunization Infant Medical Laboratory Science Parents Pediatrics Physical Examination Physicians - utilization Preventive Health Services Social Change United States United States
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Summary:	It is something of a paradox that pediatricians should question the worth of child health supervision, "the foundation of pediatrics," as a recent statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics has asserted.1 It was the concepts of prevention, education, and counsel rather than the peculiarities of children's disease which set Cadogan, Armstrong and John Bunnell Davis apart from other English physicians in the Age of Enlightenment. It was the linkage of child health supervision to the swell of social reform at the turn of the present century which sowed the seeds of pediatrics as a specialty in the United States.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0031-4005 1098-4275
DOI:	10.1542/peds.52.2.272