title: The primary care physician and the patient with cystic fibrosis.
abstract: Although CF has increasingly become a "subspecialty disease," the decisions and practice style of the patient's pediatrician or family physician are extremely important. The primary physician's handling of everything from the timing of infant immunizations to teenage advice about sex and drug abuse have far-reaching medical and psychosocial implications and must be carefully considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003376:Counseling; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care