<span itemprop="author">Wendy L. Hunter, MD

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Screening for adverse childhood experiences in pediatric primary care made my job easier

When our pediatric clinic added the PEARLS (Pediatric ACEs and Related Life-events Screener) questionnaire to well-child visits, we were worried that we would uncover trauma that we didn’t know how to address. Our physicians feared that the volum…

A physician walks into the homes and lives of disadvantaged families. Here’s what she learned.

I lost my sense of empathy when I worked as a pediatrician in a pediatric emergency department caring primarily for low-acuity patients. I worked there for ten years, but it only took about three years before I realized that while I could help kids wit…