Word: pediatrician
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Egan is a pediatrician in Jacksonville, Florida. This article is part of an occasional time.com series of essays written by doctors. Some names have been changed to protect patient privacy...
...wore their bath towels as capes, referred to the basement as the Bat Cave, and had even gone so far as to rename the ice cream parlor with 32 flavors " Batman and Robins' ." So I knew that skipping Spiderman would be a challenge, but the voice of the developmental pediatrician who lectured during my residency kept me strong, "Rules give children boundaries and when they have boundaries they feel safe...
...pediatrician in practice for 22 years, I think the messages in Cottle's essay are important for doctors in all specialties to understand: have respect for your patients' time, listen to what they are saying and directly address their concerns. In other words, examine and treat the patient's body but also pay attention to the person inside...
...been for the internet, many of us parents of autistic children would still be watching our toddlers bang their heads against the wall while our dumbfounded pediatricians stood by telling us it's just a passing phase. If you have reason to doubt your child's pediatrician, your instincts are probably working perfectly...
...that I know of), which is more than I can say for my friends' peds. Last fall a handful of us wanted to get our tots flu shots without the mercury-based preservative thimerosal, which some people suspect is a risk factor for autism. Still searching for a new pediatrician, I asked a friend's doctor about the issue and was assured that kids' flu shots never contain thimerosal. A second friend was told the same thing by her doctor. It was very comforting--and very untrue. Another friend's doctor, meanwhile, informed her that all childrens' flu shots contain...