A 6-month-old with vaccine-hesitant parents

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 526-530

  Opel, Douglas J ^a   Feemster, Kristen A ^b,c   Omer, Saad B ^d,e   Orenstein, Walter A ^c   Richter, Monica ^f   Lantos, John D ^g  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Valley Children's Clinic   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Law; Parental rights; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ETHICS; LAW; PARENTAL RIGHTS; VACCINES;

HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; VACCINATION;

EID: 84895186567     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2723     Document Type: Article

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