Vaccine nation : America's changing relationship with immunization / Elena Conis.
- Conis, Elena
- Date:
- 2016
- Books
About this work
Description
While vaccination rates have soared and cases of preventable infections have plummeted, an increasingly vocal cross section of Americans have questioned the safety and necessity of vaccines. In Vaccine Nation, Elena Conis explores this complicated history and its consequences for personal and public health.
Publication/Creation
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Physical description
353 pages ; 23 cm
Contributors
Edition
Paperback edition.
Contents
Kennedy's vaccination assistance act -- Polio, measles, and the "dirty disease gang" -- How serious is mumps? -- Carter's childhood immunization initiative -- A mother's responsibility -- Tampering with nature -- Clinton's vaccines for children program -- Sex, drugs, and hepatitis B -- Vaccine risks and the new media -- Sex, girls, and HPV -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The science and regulation of vaccines.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Subjects
- VaccinationUnited StatesHistory20th century
- Vaccination of childrenUnited StatesHistory20th century
- ImmunizationUnited StatesHistory20th century
- Immunization of childrenUnited StatesHistory20th century
- VaccinationUnited StatesPublic opinion
- ImmunizationPublic opinion
- Immunizationtrends
- Vaccinationtrends
- Mass Vaccinationethics
- Immunization Programs
- 20th century
- United States
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineFEO.6.AA9Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 022637839X
- 9780226378398