Pediatrics
Pediatrics is the care of newborns through completion of college. The practice of pediatrics can range from specialized care, such as pediatric cardiology and inpatient hospital based medicine to primary care pediatrics and preventative visits. Pediatricians can be research based, instead of clinically based.
Key Pediatric MLP Resources
Why Pediatricians Need Lawyers to Keep Children Healthy. Pediatrics. 2004; 114 (1):224-228. B Zuckerman, M Sandel, L Smith & E Lawton.American Academy of Pediatrics resolution in support of medical-legal partnership
Revisiting the Social History for Child Health. Pediatrics. September 2007; 120: e734-e738. Chén Kenyon, Megan Sandel, Michael Silverstein, Alefiya Shakir and Barry Zuckerman.
Just as the medical profession advocates preventive health care, so too by entering into these partnerships with health care providers, the legal profession can advance a 'preventive law' strategy for addressing clients’ social and economic problems and thereby improve clients’ health and well-being, especially those from low-income and other under-served communities.
American Bar Association Resolution, August 2007