Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Changing Definitions of Pediatrics; An Overview; 2 A Brief History of Pediatrics: A Background; Introduction; Context and Emergence; The Growth of Organized Pediatrics; The Pediatrician as Baby Feeder; Declining Mortality and Morbidity; Losing the Baby Feeding Role; The Shift into Prevention; Pediatric Subspecialties; 3 The Dissatisfied Pediatrician Syndrome; Introduction; The Growth in Prevention and Routine Care; The Changing Composition of Pediatric Practice; Expressions of Discontent
Responding to the Dissatisfied Pediatrician SyndromeA New Direction for Pediatrics?; Resisting the Reorientation; 4 The Supply Crisis; Introduction; Changing Trends; New Child Health Care Providers; From Shortage to Surplus; PNPs as a Threat; Family Practice as a Threat; Who Does it Better? A Debate between Pediatrics and Family Practice; Pediatric Options; 5 Redefining Pediatrics; Introduction; Lags in Pediatric Practice; A Rationale for the New Pediatrics; Changing the Standards of Child Health Care; Educational Reform; 6 Assessing the New Pediatrics
The Future for Primary Care Pediatricians7 Conclusions and Theoretical Considerations; New Missions and Transformations; The Construction of Social Problems; Children, Pediatricians, and Medicalization; Professions as Claimsmakers; Appendix; Source of Data; The Professional Literature; Larger Methodological Issues and Debates; References; Index
