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- Subject: Misc.kids FAQ-Potential Pediatrician Questions
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- Summary: A short list of questions to ask a potential pediatrician
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- Misc.kids Frequently Asked Questions
- Questions to Ask When Selecting a Pediatrician
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- Collection maintained by: Lisa Chirlian (lchirlia@cc.brynmawr.edu)
- Last updated: March 5, 1993
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- To contribute to this collection, please send e-mail to the address
- given above, and ask me to add your comments to the FAQ file on
- Questions to Ask When Selecting a Pediatrician. Please try to be
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- it is. And, unless otherwise requested, your name and e-mail address
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- ---------< QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN SELECTING A PEDIATRICIAN >---------
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- This list of questions is by no means comprehensive or all-inclusive.
- It's just a starting point.
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- 1. Is the doctor late for the interview/meeting?
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- 2. Do appointments consistently run late? (Ask parents in the waiting
- room.)
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- 3. Does she/he volunteer information or wait for questions?
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- 4. How many doctors are there in the practice?
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- 5. How long do they plan to continue at the current location?
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- 6. Are there any plans to add (or remove) doctors from the practice?
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- 7. What are the office hours? Are there evening/weekend hours for
- sick kids?
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- 8. How do they handle out-of-hours coverage?
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- 9. Do they have a phone hour, when you can call with questions and
- speak with the doctor?
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- 10. How do they feel about taking phone calls from concerned parents
- outside the "phone hour"?
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- 11. What is the doctor(s) hospital affiliation? Where would a child
- go in an emergency?
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- 12. What are the doctor's views on breastfeeding and circumcision?
- Do they match your views?
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- 13. Does the doctor involve both parents equally? (as opposed to just
- speaking to the father(mother) as if the mother(father) wasn't
- there (assuming he/she is present)).
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- 14. Does the doctor expect parents to be knowledgeable consumers or
- just accept anything she/he says?
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- 15. What is the doctor's attitude toward both parents working (if
- they do)?
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- 16. What is her/his view on treatment of sick kids? Does she/he take an
- aggressive approach or does she/he "let nature take its course" before
- actively treating the child?
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- 17. What are their standard procedures for healthy child checkups?
- Do they do a series of tests on the child's developmental status
- or just rely on what the parents say?
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- 18. How much time do they schedule for a well-baby checkup? (should
- be at least half an hour to allow time to answer parents'
- questions)
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- 19. How does the office work?
- - Do you like the nurses and staff?
- - Are there enough staff members?
- - Are there separate hours for sick kids and healthy kids?
- - Will the office take care of insurance billing?
- - What are their payment options?
- - Will they accept your insurance company's R&C as payment
- in full?
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- 20. What's the waiting room like?
- - Are the sick and healthy kids kept apart?
- - Is it large and spacious -or- tiny and cramped?
- - Are there many easy-to-clean toys? Are they clean?
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- 21. Will the doctor be present at the birth?
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- 22. How soon after birth will she/he see the baby?
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- ---< end of FAQ >---
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- Lisa Chirlian lchirlia@cc.brynmawr.edu
- Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
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- Lisa Chirlian lchirlia@cc.brynmawr.edu
- Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
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