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“Not Miniature Men and Women”: Abraham Jacobi’s Vision of a New Medical Specialty a Century Ago

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Children And Health Care

Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine ((PHME,volume 33))

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It does not require special powers of observation to note when you move into the pediatric section of a hospital, clinic, or emergency room. Health providers have frequently abandoned ties and whites; they cover over their formal name tags with Smurf characters; and they decorate their instruments with attention-diverting animals.

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English, P.C. (1989). “Not Miniature Men and Women”: Abraham Jacobi’s Vision of a New Medical Specialty a Century Ago. In: Kopelman, L.M., Moskop, J.C. (eds) Children And Health Care. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-27406-5_21

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