The HPV vaccination campaign: A project of moral regulation in an era of biopolitics

Canadian Journal of Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-82

  Connell, Erin ^a   Hunt, Alan ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Health panic; Human papillomavirus (HPV); Moral regulation; Vaccination campaign; Young women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955605958     PISSN: 03186431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29173/cjs6689     Document Type: Article

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