1. When Paper Is The Enemy.
- Author
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Klass, Perri
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CHILDREN'S health , *OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases , *RESPIRATORY allergy , *PUBLIC finance , *SOCIAL systems , *SUFFERING , *PSYCHOLOGICAL distress - Abstract
The article presents an essay about the importance of dealing with psychosocial problems and child advocacy which are central to child health. In this essay, the author recounts her exam-room encounter with a teenager who can not read the instructions for his asthma medications. She appears to say that to treat childhood afflictions in the 21st century, social systems and adequate public funding are needed rather than wonder drugs.
- Published
- 2007
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