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...right drugs at the right time, making sure everyone knows which side of your brain to operate on--can cause the biggest problems. "A patient with anything but the simplest needs is traversing a very complicated system across many handoffs and locations and players," says Dr. Donald Berwick, a pediatrician and president of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. "And as the machine gets more complicated, there are more ways it can break...
...joke: don't get sick on the July 4 weekend." But years ago, when he and his wife were new parents, they were visiting her family in Connecticut for the holiday when their 9-month-old son became cranky, ran a fever, got diarrhea. They went to a local pediatrician, who essentially said, 'Oh, it's nothing: you're just neurotic doctor-parents. Give him some Tylenol...
Egan is a pediatrician in Jacksonville, Florida. Some names in this column have been changed to protect patient privacy...
Egan is a pediatrician in Jacksonville, Florida. Some names in this column have been changed to protect patient privacy...
...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. Joanne Palmer Los Angeles...