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Meeting the Minds | Dr. Richard Ferber

Sleep expert's name is now a verb

By Joanna Weiss
Globe Staff / March 29, 2005

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Dr. Richard Ferber does not want your baby to cry. It's hard to imagine a pediatrician who could be pro-crying, particularly this small, softspoken, bespectacled man who runs the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital Boston. He occupies a tiny office free of decoration and refers to patients quaintly as ''youngsters." A poster boy for sadism, he's not. (Full article: 897 words)

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