Many physicians feel that private pediatrics is primarily well-child care1 and envision a waiting room full of irate children and unreasonable parents waiting for a DPT. That this is not always the case is indicated by a summary of some of the problems I have been asked to evaluate during my first three months in a small Idaho community even though my practice is as yet anything but large. It has included:
It is apparent that my practice has included a significant number of hospitalized children with unusual illnesses.