
Extend the Census Deadline to Protect Vulnerable Children
They need to be counted accurately to ensure the health and other services they need, and the pandemic has made that task much harder
Erin Paquette, M.D., J.D., M.Be., is an assistant professor of pediatrics, pediatric intensivist and associate chair of the Children's Ethics Advisory Board at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Credit: Nick Higgins
They need to be counted accurately to ensure the health and other services they need, and the pandemic has made that task much harder
Part of a physician’s job should be to address not just illness but also its root causes
Medical students must be taught to address systemic problems that contribute to poor health
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