title: [Social pediatrics and its reformist proposals].
abstract: This article reflects on the constitution of Social Pediatrics in Brazil, viewing it as a movement for reform in children's health care involving teaching, services, and pediatric practice. The article includes a historical and bibliographical review of the Social Pediatrics' field and the provision of children's health care, analyzing its relations with movements for the reform of medical education and health care and its conceptual framework, including several authors' definitions and formulations on the theme.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brasil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Lurdes Zanolli
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Merhy
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000266:history; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000266:history; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*; D012936:Social Medicine / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: A pediatria social e as suas apostas reformistas.