this is a personal experience blog. my daughter is special needs, and has a very complex social situation. unfortunately, she was just discharged from her pediatrician, and now i am trying to fnd her a new pediatrician. many of my choices are not accepting new patients, and some of the pediatricians who are accepting new patients are declining to accept her. for me, working in a community health center, we have no choice regarding accepting patients. but private physicians can choose not to see certain patients. although of course i am biased, it would seem to me that children like my daughter are exactly the patients that need a good pediatrician the most, not just the children of intact, fully functional families.