To MMR or not MMR: Medical Discourses Surrounding Parental Decision-making for Pediatric Immunization

To MMR or not MMR: Medical Discourses Surrounding Parental Decision-making for Pediatric Immunization

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Coverage for the combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR) has been low since the publication of Wakefield’s 1998 study associating MMR with the onset of autism. As a part of a larger project on risk communication, this study examined the medical discourse on parental decision-making for c...

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Main Author: Shao, Jen-Yin
Other Authors: Thompson, Alison
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
Subjects:
risk communication
MMR
public understanding of science
critical discourse analysis
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/29620

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http://hdl.handle.net/1807/29620

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