PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Crook, William G.
TI  - The Role of Pediatricians in Health Care Delivery
DP  - 1971 Jan 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 149--151
VI  - 47
IP  - 1
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/47/1/149.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/47/1/149.full
SO  - Pediatrics1971 Jan 01; 47
AB  - 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.