TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe fog of war and the declining prevalence of mental retardation
AU  - Schalick WO, III
Y1  - 2006/03/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.160.3.318
JO  - Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
SP  - 318
EP  - 320
VL  - 160
IS  - 3
N2  - 
We need to be reminded of our limitations. In the face of great strides in medical research, legislators, scientists, and the public are often seduced into unbridled optimism by medical breakthroughs—the hope of cure. Such optimism is impelled by revolutionary therapies and dramatic leaps in understanding, the basis of Nobel Prizes. Similarly, the power of clean water, safe food production, and general sanitation stand as modern accomplishments. But our perception is also driven by publicly waged wars on cancer, drugs, and AIDS, for these wars are backed by presidential prestige and congressional allocations, high-profile stuff.

SN  - 1072-4710
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.160.3.318
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.160.3.318
ER  -