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

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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
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2005
Subjects:	Vaccination of children Discourse analysis Risk society Public health policy Trust Public opinion
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11565/

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