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With the “new morbidity” in pediatrics, the pediatrician is increasingly called upon to provide services in addition to acute-care and chronic disease regimens that were the mainstay of pediatric practice for so many years. Historically, the greatest threats to the health and welfare of children were attributed to infectious diseases and inadequate nutrition. As medical science has discovered how to prevent and treat common childhood illness, their morbidity and mortality have declined. Similarly, as more has become known about nutrition, and mandates for pasteurization, immunizations, and fluoridation of drinking water have been instituted, the problems that stemmed from these maladies have decreased substantially. Injuries are now the cause of more deaths in children than the next six most frequent causes combined. The new pediatric concerns—health education, well-child care, injury control, and medical compliance—provide a challenge to the pediatrician who, during residency, was not trained to deal with these concerns.
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Christophersen, E.R. (1991). Anticipatory Guidance. In: Gottlieb, M.I., Williams, J.E. (eds) Developmental-Behavioral Disorders. Critical Issues in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3714-4_18
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