[Structural changes in clinical pediatrics with special reference to small departments (author's transl)]

Changing facts and developments in clinical pediatrics in Germany during the past years have been analysed and discussed. Facts which altered the quantity and quality of clinical pediatrics are demonstrated by own observations, and informations collected from all pediatric departments in the FRG and West-Berlin. The need for sufficient numbers of staff to meet with the changing and intensified tasks of clinical pediatrics is emphasized.