![]() ![]() We must provide global care to the child rather than a mere cure against a disease process. After having made a tentative diagnosis, one should prescribe the single most appropriate therapeutic agent, which should be administered in an optimal dose through the most convenient route, instead of instituting a “shot-gun” therapy with half a dozen drugs. Just as evidence is crucial for a detective to identify the culprit, sound evidence as collected by history, physical examination and investigations is of fundamental importance to solve the diagnostic dilemma. The methods of physicians are like those of a detective, one seeking to explain the disease, the other a crime. He must have a scientific bent of mind and use logical systematic steps to arrive at a diagnosis with the help of core knowledge, clinical skills and basic principles. Paediatricians should approach children as children (not patients) with tact, gentleness, warmth and genuine concern. ![]() A physician must be humane, sensitive, systematic in his approach and genuinely interested in the welfare of children. The basic aim and goal of paediatrics is to ensure that every child is assisted to achieve his or her optimal genetic potential for physical growth and mental development. Paediatrics is a dynamic specialty because it deals with an evolving, varying size ( 50 kg) and functional maturity of children.
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