RT Book, Section
A1 Greenberg, James M.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 6733916
T1 Chapter 38. Historical Perspectives
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6733916
RD 2023/04/01
AB The  past  100  years  has  seen  a  dramatic  transformation  in  attitudes  about  and  care  for  the  newly  born  infant.1  The  sick  or  small  neonate,  once  the  object  of  pity  and  benign  neglect,  is  now  the  recipient  of  substantial  medical  resources  and  improved  outcomes.  In  the  early  20th  century,  newborns  and  their  mothers  began  to  benefit  from  public  health  efforts  that  produced  broad  improvements  in  hygiene,  infection  control,  and  nutrition.  Responsibility  for  newborn  care,  a  traditional  province  of  the  midwife  or  obstetrician,  moved  to  the  scope  of  the  pediatrician,  who  effectively  advocated  for  improvements  in  clinical  care.