A nationwide project to provide continuing medical education to primary care physicians who provide office-based health care to handicapped children is described. Included are issues involving the physician's role in relation to the child's family, school, and community. Interim evaluation results point to participants' acknowledgement of a need for and a willingness to provide a broader range of medical and traditionally nonmedical Services.
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