title: Injuries and children.
abstract: Injury is one of the major disease processes in childhood and is the number one cause of death of children in Australia. Medical practitioners should be able to provide effective care for the injured child, but the most dramatic reductions in mortality and serious morbidity will be achieved with specific prevention strategies and with wider acceptance by our society that we have to provide a safe environment for our children. Medical practitioners should have a pre-eminent role in achieving these aims.
authors.affiliation: Prince of Wales Children's Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Grattan-Smith
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010819:Physician's Role; D010821:Physicians, Family; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control