RT Journal
A1 Bergman AB
T1 COlds with a silver lining
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2002
FD February 1
VO 156
IS 2
SP 104
OP 104
DO 10.1001/archpedi.156.2.104
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.156.2.104
AB 
WHAT DO YOU MEAN you can't do anything about my child's cough? It's waking up everyone in the house," says a bleary-eyed parent at the end of a typical midwinter clinic session. What the parent thinks but is usually too polite to say is, "Every week I read about fantastic medical triumphs in the newspaper. How do you expect me to believe that you have no effective treatment to offer for a simple cold or cough?" In moments of self-doubt, I share the same belief. Mercifully, even though we general pediatricians spend most of our time with children who are either entirely well or have minor illnesses, the public appears to value whatever it is we do.