Definitions
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- noun Alternative spelling of
pediatrics .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children
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Examples
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Direct entry to a midwifery programme, with comprehensive training in obstetrics and related subjects such as paediatrics, family planning, epidemiology etc. has been acknowledged as both cost-effective and specifically focused on the needs of childbearing women and their newborn.
1. INTRODUCTION 1996
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Doctors have calculated an average hospital trust outside London will lose the equivalent of three trainee surgeons and other specialities such as paediatrics, trauma, and intensive care are likely to be similarly affected.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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Doctors have calculated an average hospital trust outside London will lose the equivalent of three trainee surgeons and other specialities such as paediatrics, trauma, and intensive care are likely to be similarly affected.
Latest Articles 2009
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Since we last encountered her, Sarah has left her previous job as Grant county coroner, sold her paediatrics practice, and is now working crazy hours in Grady hospital ER.
Book review: Genesis by Karin Slaughter Maxine 2009
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Since we last encountered her, Sarah has left her previous job as Grant county coroner, sold her paediatrics practice, and is now working crazy hours in Grady hospital ER.
July 2009 Maxine 2009
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In particular, the shortage is worrying in the field of obstetrics and paediatrics.
Global Voices in English » Japan: Doctor shortage, the medical system in crisis 2009
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But there are also shortages of community paediatricians and consultants in 19 paediatrics sub-specialities, such as children's cancer care and kidney disease.
Third of NHS children's units fail to comply with EU working time directive 2011
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Since we last encountered her, Sarah has left her previous job as Grant county coroner, sold her paediatrics practice, and is now working crazy hours in Grady hospital ER.
Book review: Genesis by Karin Slaughter Maxine 2009
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The speculation is that this is because GPs are not all trained in paediatrics, or it is because of the pressures on them – but our children are not getting the high quality services that parents and carers would want, said Stephenson.
Third of NHS children's units fail to comply with EU working time directive 2011
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And a surprisingly low proportion – 37% – of GPs has done any training at all in paediatrics.
Third of NHS children's units fail to comply with EU working time directive 2011
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