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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34083| Title: | An outline of the development of paediatrics in Malta in the twentieth century |
| Authors: | Vassallo Agius, Paul |
| Keywords: | Children -- Health and welfare -- Malta -- 20th century Pediatricians -- Malta -- 20th century Child health services -- Malta Pediatrics -- Malta -- History -- 20th century |
| Issue Date: | 1992 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Post Graduate Medical Committee |
| Citation: | Vassallo Agius, P. (1992). An outline of the development of paediatrics in Malta in the twentieth century. In P. Vassallo Agius, R. Parascandolo, & C. Vella (Eds.), Paediatric Update: October 1991 (pp. 110-126). Post Graduate Medical Committee, University of Malta & Paediatric Dept, St. Luke’s Hospital G’Mangia. Msida: University Press. |
| Abstract: | Paediatrics as a specialty in its own right - in the sense of a doctor who has specialized in the prevention and treatment of childhood ailments and then devoting his whole time and energy to their care - in this sense Paediatrics may be said to have started in Malta in the mid-1940's. At this time two qualified paediatricians returned to Malta after having completed about two years as Nuffield scholars for specialist training in the u.K. They found a mammoth task ahead, as evidenced for example by the high Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) shown in Fig 1. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/34083 |
| Appears in Collections: | Paediatric Update : October 1991 |
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