Dr. Siobh?n N? Bhriain:

For adolescents. Our experience and the international evidence have been that children's symptoms are heterogeneous. Generally, the paediatrician community feels that they are best dealt with by generalist paediatricians, with referrals to specialists as required, for example, paediatric cardiologists and respiratory specialists in paediatrics. Paediatrics differs from adult medicine, in that we have many more clinicians who practise at a generalist level than at a specialist level. Those generalist paediatricians are providing a service and are happy to see these-----