Pediatricians in Court
1 1843 Edgewood Lane, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
To the Editor.
I have been a practicing pediatrician for 18 years. There have been many changes in our specialty during that time. Some of the changes have been good and others more troublesome. Good changes have included greater recognition of the importance of our specialty; higher pay scale for residents, and, for that matter, practitioners; our greater ability to diagnose and treat patients: computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and marvelous laboratory tests not even imagined 20 years ago; increased numbers and complexities of medications and methods of monitoring those medicationsall of these changes have contributed to improved medical care for children.




