Infant Health Screening By Family Physicians and Pediatricians.
Abstract 
A pilot study of family physicians (FPs) and pediatricians (Ps) was done in order to determine which screening tasks were performed in the first year of life. All physicians followed most of the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for screening. 
 
FPs and Ps differed in their psychosocial knowledge of the families and in the style in which this knowledge of the families and in the style in which this knowledge was obtained. Within the limits of the study, the FPs appeared more attentive to the mother's personal wellbeing, and had an interest in home visiting. All FPs sat with the mothers in consultation while less than 33 percent of the Ps did so.