title: Treating children is different.
abstract: This article discusses how treating children is different from treating adults and shows areas where physicians can enhance their practice of medicine by addressing these developmental factors in their dermatology clinic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA. kmallin@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mallin
authors.forename: Melissa Chesler
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lazarus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D041923:Adolescent Development; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000628:therapy*