PEDIATRICS Vol. 47 No. 1 January 1971, pp. 149-151
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The Role of Pediatricians in Health Care Delivery

William G. Crook M.D.1

1 Child Health Centers of America, Inc., 1 Simpson Center Annex, P.O. Box 3116, Jackson, Tennessee 38301

As a member of the Sub-Committee on Manpower of the Council on Pediatric Practice, I've long been interested in allied health workers. Certainly, when such workers become available and are appropriately coordinated with others on the health team, the skills and talents of physicians can be used more productively. But I feel that the manpower pendulum in pediatrics may be swinging too far in the direction of allied health workers, and causing us to forget the crucial importance of primary physicians in delivering medical care.