PEDIATRICS Vol. 43 No. 1 January 1969, pp. 154
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The Know-how of Infant Care, by Sylvia Close, S.A.N.C. Bristol, England: John Wright and Sons, Ltd., 1967, 49 pp., $3.50. (The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, exclusive U.S. agents)

Abraham B. Bergman M.D.1

1 Seattle, Washington

The less physician time spent on routine well child care, the better. The growing demand for child health services without concomitant addition of manpower is forcing pediatricians to focus on tasks which require their unique talents and delegate those which do not to others. Surely medical school and house officer training do not (and should not) prepare one to serve as arbiter of what brand of shoes to purchase, the technique of rinsing diapers, or the correct temperature of bath water.