The recently published Report of the Task Force on Pediatric Education has had a
substantial impact on the growth of the field of adolescent medicine in three areas. First, the …

In an article published in 1973 that addressed the future of adolescent medicine, J. Roswell
Gallagher, MD, wrote," It appears to me that the problem for those now engaged in …

In an attempt to examine the extent of implementation of the recommendations issued by the
Task Force on Pediatric Education for increased emphasis on adolescent medicine during …

Abstract In 1982, the Society for Adolescent Medicine initiated a survey of all pediatric
residencies in the United States and Canada to determine: 1) if there had been an increase …

Adolescents report important unmet health care needs. This study directly assesses
pediatricians' current practices pertinent to the primary care of adolescents. An anonymous …

Adolescent medicine has emerged as a discipline in the present era with few key curricular
or skill areas clarified and little consensus regarding the acceptance and interest generated …

Provision of health care for adolescents is now a basic tenet of pediatrics, advocated and
supported by both the American Academy of Pediatrics 1 and the American Board of …

PURPOSE:: To determine current adolescent health care practices of pediatricians and
evaluate whether changes have taken place during the past decade. METHODS:: A …

This essay offers the author's recollections and opinions on such topics as when and why an
interest in adolescents' medical care originated, under what circumstances those …

The field of adolescent medicine is unique as a subspecialty in that the practice of providing
care to teenagers has always been viewed historically as a responsibility of generalists …