At Carmel Valley
Pediatrics, our mission is to provide the highest quality
comprehensive care to our pediatric patients and to
educate parents through the process of shared decision-making.
The dedication, clinical expertise, and passion for
children of Dr. de Freitas and Dr. Dailey is evident
the minute you walk in the door. With over 25 year of
experience as both a pediatrician and parent, Dr. de
Freitas understands the importance of getting to know
your family. The office is set up with the latest state-of-the
art technology, which will simplify and improve your
experience. You will see that reading to your child
is an important theme in our office.
Vaccinating Children is absolutely
the right thing to do!
Our practice has experienced
a marked increase in parents requesting to delay or
decline vaccinations. This may be a result of recent
apperances by celebrities claiming that vaccines harmed
their children in some way or as a result of the tremendous
increase in the numbers of vaccines and injections in
recent years.
My colleague and I find ourselves
spending an inordinate amount of time defending our
use of vaccines in each well-child check, as well as
during increasing numbers of telephone inquiries. Furthermore,
we found ourselves on the defensive side more often
than not.
In response to this heightened
demand on our time and energy, we developed a vaccine
policy statement that is posted here on our web site
and in every exam room and given at the one month visit.
New parents know clearly where we stand in the vaccine
"controversy" and our established patient
families have expressed their appreciation for confirming
choices they made with their children.
As always, we welcome your comments
and look forward to continuing our care to your children.
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