Many of us will remember him or her for the candies at the end of the visit, or to the plant before entering the mysterious room, whatever the memory or the experience of every child, from birth, must have his pediatrician to be able to access all the services and benefits guaranteed by national health Service (Nhs), included in the essential levels of assistance.
pediatrician, also called the pediatrician of the family, is the physician responsible for the protection of the child, of childhood and adolescence. The pediatricians are, in fact, engaged in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of children and young people between 0 and 14 years.
The present convention provides for, from the strictly formal point of view, that the child from birth to 6 years of age should be followed by the pediatrician, while from 6 to 14 may be followed either by the pediatrician, and the doctor that takes care of the adults. After 14 years there is the required step to the doctor, except in special cases such as for example, subjects with chronic diseases, which can remain under the care of a paediatrician until the age of 16.
for some years you are more and more stating the figure of theAdolescentologo, which is the doctor of the adolescents. It is a pediatrician, and has done further specialisation on the age group ranging from 12 to 18/21 years. This is a very sensitive period in which the psyche and the body through some important changes. The adolescentologo takes into account all the factors, both clinical and personal, and it collects all the issues related to age, with no overlap with the role of the psychologist.
the pediatrician, The adolescentologo and the doctor (also known as the doctor) know very well our state of health, and, when the need arises, to guide us through the whole course of treatment within the structures of the socio-medical System the national. Also interested to join the national campaigns of prevention and promotion of health.
You can contact one of these medical professionals whenever there is experience hardships that affect our state of health: pain-specific or general-that persist for a few days, or if the pain arise from a trauma; before taking new medications; continuous fever or persistent headache or dizziness, etc., in Short, in all those cases in which the body sends signals of discomfort that is of concern and must be explored.
more specifically, the pediatrician or family physician shall ensure the following performance:
- – visit outpatient medical and home care services;
- prescription drugs, requests for specialist examinations and diagnostic procedures, both instrumental and laboratory (through the so-called demanding or recipe, red);
- proposals for hospitalization;
- proposals-of-home care alternatives to hospitalization;
- free release of the following medical certificates provided for by national Agreements: certificates of readmission to the school, the certification of the suitability for the performance of non-competitive sports activities only in the context of education, certificates of illness to the workers.
it Can be useful to know that, if for reasons of work or study, you live in a city different from that of residence (for a period ranging from a minimum of three months and a maximum of one year), you can get through the Asl, the temporary assignment of the physician and, at the end of the period, renew the request.
Finally, it is important to remember that the doctor should be a trusted person whom they can trust and with whom they can speak freely about difficulties, dietary habits, life styles and anything that can help you in history, in the quiet of the doctor-patient relationship that is covered by the obligation of professional secrecy.
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