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Vaccines : what everyone needs to know / Kristen A. Feemster.

By: Feemster, Kristen A.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018Copyright date: 2018Description: xviii, 186 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780190277918.Subject(s): Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) | National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP) | VACCINES | VACCINATION | HISTORY | HEALTH CARE | LEGAL ASPECTS | POLICY | SAFETY | FUTURE TRENDS | AUTISM | VACCINE HESITANCY | VACCINE CONFIDENCE GAP | ANTI VACCINE MOVEMENT | MANDATORY VACCINATION | VACCINE INJURY TABLE
Contents:
1. What is a vaccine and how do vaccines work? - 2. A brief history of vaccines. - 3. Vaccine development. - 4. Vaccine financing and distribution. - 5. Vaccine safety. - 6. The vaccine schedule. - 7. Laws and standard practices for vaccine administration. - 8. Vaccine hesitancy. - 9. On the horizon.
Summary: "Immunization is regarded by many as one of the greatest advances in modern civilization. The widespread use of vaccines has led to increases in life expectancy, reductions in the occurrence of childhood diseases, and is generally credited with saving millions of lives annually. But since their discovery two centuries ago, vaccines have been dogged by pockets of persistent distrust among those who are skeptical of their science or who find compulsory immunization at odds with personal liberty. The rise of these voices in contemporary culture has contributed to trends of vaccine delay and vaccine hesitancy in some communities -- a chasm between the general population and the scientific establishment that has persisted and grown at times across the last several decades. "Vaccines: What Everyone Needs to Know" offers a scientifically grounded overview of the science, manufacture, and culture of vaccines in the United States and internationally. Aiming to offer an unbiased resource on this hotly debated subject, it provides accessible, authoritative overviews of the following: How vaccines work. - The history of vaccines. - Vaccine policy -- who writes it, and does it matter? - The contents and manufacture of vaccines - Vaccine injury - The alleged link between vaccines and autism - Vaccines and new outbreaks. Written by a leading authority in both infectious disease and vaccine education, this book offers a clear-eyed resource for parents or anyone with an interest in the use, efficacy, and controversy surrounding vaccines. In a subject area defined by partisanship, it offers reliable resource for what everyone needs to know." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITESummary: "Vaccines are one of the most important public health achievements of our time. But now as many vaccine preventable diseases are no longer perceived an imminent threat, vaccines are both lauded and feared, amplified by rapid-fire dissemination of conflicting messages. This book will follow the story of vaccines in the past, present and future to disentangle fact from fiction and underscore their important role in our society"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. What is a vaccine and how do vaccines work? - 2. A brief history of vaccines. - 3. Vaccine development. - 4. Vaccine financing and distribution. - 5. Vaccine safety. - 6. The vaccine schedule. - 7. Laws and standard practices for vaccine administration. - 8. Vaccine hesitancy. - 9. On the horizon.

"Immunization is regarded by many as one of the greatest advances in modern civilization. The widespread use of vaccines has led to increases in life expectancy, reductions in the occurrence of childhood diseases, and is generally credited with saving millions of lives annually. But since their discovery two centuries ago, vaccines have been dogged by pockets of persistent distrust among those who are skeptical of their science or who find compulsory immunization at odds with personal liberty. The rise of these voices in contemporary culture has contributed to trends of vaccine delay and vaccine hesitancy in some communities -- a chasm between the general population and the scientific establishment that has persisted and grown at times across the last several decades. "Vaccines: What Everyone Needs to Know" offers a scientifically grounded overview of the science, manufacture, and culture of vaccines in the United States and internationally. Aiming to offer an unbiased resource on this hotly debated subject, it provides accessible, authoritative overviews of the following: How vaccines work. - The history of vaccines. - Vaccine policy -- who writes it, and does it matter? - The contents and manufacture of vaccines - Vaccine injury - The alleged link between vaccines and autism - Vaccines and new outbreaks. Written by a leading authority in both infectious disease and vaccine education, this book offers a clear-eyed resource for parents or anyone with an interest in the use, efficacy, and controversy surrounding vaccines. In a subject area defined by partisanship, it offers reliable resource for what everyone needs to know." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE

"Vaccines are one of the most important public health achievements of our time. But now as many vaccine preventable diseases are no longer perceived an imminent threat, vaccines are both lauded and feared, amplified by rapid-fire dissemination of conflicting messages. This book will follow the story of vaccines in the past, present and future to disentangle fact from fiction and underscore their important role in our society"-- Provided by publisher.

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