Vaccination controversies : a reference handbook / David E. Newton.
Newton, David E.
RA638 .N495 2013eb
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Title
Vaccination controversies : a reference handbook / David E. Newton.
Author
Newton, David E.
ISBN
9781610693127 (electronic book)
9781610693110
1610693116
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 352 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
RA638 .N495 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
614.4/7
Summary
This book provides coverage of the history and background of vaccination issues in the United States and around the world, along with a detailed examination of the issues related to the use of vaccination today. Overviews the scientific basis for and history of immunization as a method for protecting individuals against disease, along with a review of the social, political, and economic issues related to the use of immunization in both human and animal populations.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-383) and index.
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Contemporary world issues.
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Vaccination controversies.
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Background and History. Infectious diseases in history ; The nature of infectious diseases ; Major infectious diseases ; The human immune system ; Vaccination ; The history of vaccination
Problems, Controversies, and Solutions. A brief history of opposition to vaccination ; The legal status of vaccination ; Modern anti-vaccinationism
Perspectives. HPV vaccine for all / Bob Roehr ; HPV vaccine mandates: little benefit, real harm / Diane M. Harper ; Vaccine shortages: a perspective / Dean A. Haycock ; Sounds of death: whooping cough and vaccine refusal / Benjamin Radford ; Anti-vaccination fears ; Vaccination doubts / Louise Kuo Habakus ; Federal law and mandatory vaccination / Stephen Lendman ; Hepatitis B vaccine and multiple sclerosis / Joan R. Callahan
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Chronology.

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