Probably not all of these all of the time.

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As for evidence-based, adoption medicine is more of an "expert opinion" field at this point, in the sense that our advice regarding preadoption evaluation, necessary tests, parenting advice, and so on has probably not been tested by rigorous randomized placebo-controlled trials. Of course, that would apply to much of pediatrics at this point, as well.

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Last updated on Jul 27, 2007 by Julian Davies, MD