Communicating with parents about vaccination: a framework for health professionals

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Leask, Julie ^a   Kinnersley, Paul ^b   Jackson, Cath ^c   Cheater, Francine ^d   Bedford, Helen ^e   Rowles, Greg ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Greg Rowles General practitioner   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETTER; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; SATISFACTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 84866491911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-154     Document Type: Letter

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