title: [The pediatrician and the telephone].
abstract: Approximately half of the phone calls received in the pediatrician's office are telephone consultations or advice requests concerning pathologies. In those cases the pediatrician has to know that his responsibility is involved. Among the rules to be applied in this telephone practice, he must always require that the child be examined when parents call for the second time. In some chronic pathologies permanent phone services with the participation of trained practitioners might be useful in order to properly answer parent's advice requests.
authors.affiliation: Unité des maladies respiratoires et allergiques de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nouilhan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dutau
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013689:Telephone
vernacular_title: Le pédiatre et le téléphone.