The paediatrician - past, present and future - a conversation with Nils Rosén von Rosenstein

• Published in: Acta Paediatrica Vol. 98; no. 9; pp. 1392 - 1399
• Main Author: Kjellmer, Ingemar
• Format: Journal Article Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2009; Blackwell
• Subjects: 18th Century; 19th Century; 20th Century; 21st Century; Advocacy; Awards and Prizes; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Welfare; Child Welfare - history; Child Welfare - trends; Children's rights; General aspects; Health participants; history; History, 18th Century; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Humans; Medical sciences; Other Humanities not elsewhere specified; Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified; Paediatric history; Pediatrics; Pediatrics - history; Pediatrics - trends; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Sweden; trends; von Rosenstein; Övrig annan humaniora; Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap; Sweden; Human; Pediatrics; Paediatric history; Advocacy; Pediatrician; Right; Conversation; Children's rights; History; Child; Case history
• ISSN: 0803-5253; 1651-2227; 1651-2227
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01418.x

An imagined conversation takes place with the author of the first textbook of Paediatrics, Nils Rosén von Rosenstein. Enormous progress in the prevention and treatment of diseases of children is demonstrated. But a different spectrum of diseases has replaced the old one. And in spite of unprecedented material well‐being a substantial minority of our children cannot make full use of their capabilities. Conclusion:  We must resume the full responsibility for our children and act as their advocates in society.