Student and Screen

Paediatrics

“…This is the reverse of the truth. MacKeith (1953) discussing the preparation of children for operation agrees with the view that operations should be postponed if possible until a child is at least 4 — when it is less disturbing for him to be separated from his mother and when he can understand something of what is going to happen. Operation should also be postponed in children who are unusually timorous or dependent on their mothers.…”