title: Keeping children and families in the center of our concern. Ambulatory Pediatric Association presidential address.
abstract: As academic pediatricians, we are easily caught up in the peripheral details of life. Keeping up with the financial demands, the umpteenth credentialing for managed care, the particular needs of our own institutions.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass., USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Palfrey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D010819:Physician's Role; D012955:Societies, Medical