PEDIATRICS Vol. 71 No. 2 February 1983, pp. 296
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Uncharitable Pediatricians

To the Editor.—

The image of the pediatrician as a compassionate person, aware of and deeply concerned about community affairs, has been eroded of late. It is important to find out why public confidence is slipping away. A recent incident in one state (which shall be nameless since there is no reason to suspect that the behavior to be described is regional) may provide a clue.

A well-established voluntary agency that has provided services for blind adults for the better part of a century, launched a children's program in 1980 to deal with unmet needs of a growing number of blind children in the region.