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  • Title: Age Limit of Pediatrics.
    Author: Hardin AP, Hackell JM, COMMITTEE ON PRACTICE AND AMBULATORY MEDICINE.
    Journal: Pediatrics; 2017 Sep; 140(3):. PubMed ID: 28827380.
    Abstract:
    Pediatrics is a multifaceted specialty that encompasses children's physical, psychosocial, developmental, and mental health. Pediatric care may begin periconceptionally and continues through gestation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Although adolescence and young adulthood are recognizable phases of life, an upper age limit is not easily demarcated and varies depending on the individual patient. The establishment of arbitrary age limits on pediatric care by health care providers should be discouraged. The decision to continue care with a pediatrician or pediatric medical or surgical subspecialist should be made solely by the patient (and family, when appropriate) and the physician and must take into account the physical and psychosocial needs of the patient and the abilities of the pediatric provider to meet these needs.
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