Talk:Children's hospital

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The article needs a history section, a section on cultural differences in the development and scope of these specialty hospitals, and some appropriate references. --Una Smith (talk) 20:30, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

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Can anyone explain why a list of one magazine's ten "best" US hospitals is included in this article? Does knowing that Lucille Packard is "only" number ten tell you anything about the concept of a hospital that specializes in pediatrics? Does a list of ten US hospitals have any value for people in Africa, Asia, or Europe? What's the point? WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:20, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure. It gives a short list of concrete examples of the leaders in the field. It would be great to mention the top children's hospitals elsewhere in the world too. I don't have that data. This page doesn't call for the exhaustive List of children's hospitals to be included, but having a few prominent links gives the reader, from anywhere in the world, a path to find more information on the subject. Furthermore, these hospitals represent the best of the field. If these 10 are not the world's best, they are not far off either. -- Austin Murphy (talk) 15:09, 6 March 2008 (UTC)