Public communication, risk perception, and the viability of preventive vaccination against communicable diseases

Bioethics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 407-421

  May, Thomas ^a  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin Center for the Study of Bioethics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTHRAX; BRAIN DISEASE; CONVULSION; ENCEPHALITIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; MASS MEDIUM; MEASLES; PERTUSSIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SHOCK; VACCINATION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JOURNALISM; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 23944503894     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2005.00452.x     Document Type: Review

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