to treat children and infants? like do checkups on them and everything else doctors do.
2007-01-22 16:44:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Children are completely different than adults .They have a whole different degree of Development than adults have- also Nutrition is different, behavior is different, diseases are different, response to medications are different, to name just a few "differences"
Chiildren are not just "little adults".
Now there are family Doctors who try to manage children -do regular check ups, etc, - but for any "child ' who has any sort of medical condition (and that includes most children) a parent should take him/her to a Pedatrician
(nothing to do with bedside manner or preventing lawsuits-- its better care-- would you want a Dr. who specializes in geriatrics or heart attacks take care of a 2 day old?)
2007-01-22 17:14:44 · answer #1 · answered by pedidoc43 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lawsuits are why, doctors now specialize in each field, the insurance companies have help change this, it may not be the best way but it is the cheapest way.
2007-01-23 00:53:33 · answer #2 · answered by Johnny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
regular doctors dont' have the expertise that baby doctors have and its best to see the specialist.
2007-01-26 22:51:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
children are diff. than adults. i also think that childrens doc.s tend to have much better bedside manner than most reg. doc.s
2007-01-23 00:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by Mrs Baker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, you can take your child to your general practitioner. I did.
2007-01-23 01:55:32 · answer #5 · answered by starflower 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋