Pediatrician Pediatrics is a branch of medicine that consists of the care and treatment of the diseases of childhood and the study of normal growth. Pediatrics became a specialty in the 20th century. In the 1980s some pediatricians began a subspecialty called adolescent medicine, which deals with the special medical and emotional needs of persons between the ages of twelve and twenty years old. ... primary care specialists. However, with the emergence of managed care insurance plans, with their emphasis on primary care, there has been a change in this pattern. In 1993, the American Medical Ass...

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