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13 ethical issues that worry doctors the most
image description here Contemporary Pediatrics asked pediatrics and ethics experts to candidly weigh in on some of the foremost moral and ethical issues confronting pediatricians and pediatric healthcare providers today.

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Hugging is healing for NICU babies
image description here Trained volunteer cuddlers provide the magic of human touch to help preemies and convalescing newborns thrive.

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Parents are most likely to accept vaccines when you assume they will
image description here When you approach a parent who is hesitant about vaccinating her infant at the appropriate well-baby visits, perhaps you say something like this: “Well, we have to do some shots.” Or you might say, “How do you feel about vaccines today?” The former strategy (a “presumptive” approach) is more likely to be effective than the latter (a “participatory” approach), according to a study in parents whom a standardized survey classified as being hesitant about vaccines.

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How did prescription guidelines for pneumonia change behaviors?
image description here For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara discusses a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics that examined how well children's and non-children's hospitals adopted the 2011 guidelines for prescriptions written for community-acquired pneumonia treatment.
 
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