Indian Health Service—By One Who Provides It

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 950-950
Author(s):  
Henry M. Sondheimer
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Indian Health Service ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Indian Health ◽  
Sick Newborn ◽  
Seriously Ill

As one of the "young, highly idealistic physicians, just out of internship or residency . . ." and currently in the Indian Health Service, I read the Commentaries of Drs. Mortimer and Kemberling with great interest. Although it is unfair to extrapolate from my experiences at one hospital to the entire Indian Health Service, I believe a practicing pediatrician in the field may comment. Dr. Mortimer may be surprised to hear that sick newborn infants at our hospital are cared for not by aides but by physicians in close contact with the Arizona Newborn Transit System in Phoenix (250 miles away), and that seriously ill newborns are transferred to one of the two neonatal intensive care units in Phoenix under the auspices of this system.

Letter to the Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 502-502
Author(s):  
Stanley L. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
Considerable Extent ◽  
Indian Health Service ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Advisory Body ◽  
Indian Health ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Indian Worker

I will not attempt to discuss the disagreement between Dr. Eisner and Dr. Gilbert, but would like to inform Dr. Gilbert that the Executive Board of the American Academy of Pediatrics has charged the Committee on Community Health Services with the problem of migrant workers and their families. This committee is to work closely with our Committee on Indian Health, which as an advisory body to the Indian Health Service, has been involved to a considerable extent with the problem of the migrant Indian worker.

Opportunities for Pediatric Training in the Indian Health Service

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 932-932
Author(s):  
Michael Kagan Posner
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Indian Health Service ◽  
Indian Health ◽  
Pediatric Services

As a partially trained pediatrician in the Indian Health Service, interested in the Report of the Committee on Indian Health, I would like to add some personal observations: 1. The number of training deferments through CORD is determined by needs of the Department of Defense, to which pediatric services are not essential although a convenience. Because pediatric services are critical in Indian Health where the population is markedly skewed to younger ages, could not the Committee propose that, while the draft continues, pediatricians might choose their branch of service?

THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE: COMMENTARY ON A COMMENTARY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 1066-1067
Author(s):  
Sidney R. Kemberling
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Indian Health Service ◽  
Study Research ◽  
Indian Health ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Alternative Solutions

As Chairman of the Committee on Indian Health of the American Academy of Pediatrics, I would like to comment on Dr. Mortimer's provocative commentary: "Indian Health: An Unmet Problem." In the main I agree with its content, but I would modify some of his statements and offer additional or alternative solutions. Dr. Mortimer sees problems in the Albuquerque area, and he is inclined to generalize from them to the entire Indian Health Service. Although problems exist everywhere, they differ from area to area in their nature and severity. For example, in his first paragraph he refers to the fact that Indian Health Service physicians have little time for study, research, and reflection.

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