New Pediatrics A Profession in Transition

Name: New Pediatrics A Profession in Transition
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ISBN: 9780202305349

ISBN-10: 0202305341

ISBN-13: 9780202305349

Edition: 1996

Authors: Dorothy Pawluch

List price: $115.00

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The "new pediatrics" that has developed over the past several decades defines itself by its shift away from the physical problems of children to encompass their emotional, psychological, social, and even, as some pediatricians have interpreted, their spiritual well-being. In an engaging, nontechnical style, Dorothy Pawluch also discusses the human impact of transforming technologies on the individual practitioners. All disciplines concerned with the role of the child in society must pause to think about the inner world of the profession that for over a century has argued that children and their problems, medical and otherwise, are different and also claimed that it, better than anyone else,…

Book details

List price: $115.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/31/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 1.00" wide x 1.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Dorothy Pawluchnbsp;is assistant professor of sociology at McMaster University. Her areas of interest include sociology of health and health care; deviance/social problems; work and occupations; and social psychology. She is the author of numerous book chapters and journal articles.



Foreword



Acknowledgments



Introduction



A Brief History of Pediatrics: A Background



The Dissatisfied Pediatrician Crisis



The Supply Crisis



Redefining Pediatrics



Assessing the New Pediatrics



Conclusions and Theoretical Considerations


Appendix


References


Index