Understanding resistance to childhood vaccination in the UK : radicals, reformists and the discourses of risk, trust and science

Vaccination is regarded by the medical profession as one of the greatest public health success stories, and recent opposition, for example over the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine, as a failure of understanding. Relatively little social scientific analysis exists on vaccination opposition....

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Main Author: Hobson-West, Pru
Published: University of Nottingham 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.523872