Reframing Medicine's Publics: The Local as a Public of Vaccine Refusal

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-129

  Lawrence, Heidi Y ^a   Hausman, Bernice L ^b   Dannenberg, Clare J ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flu; Local; Publics; Vaccination; Vernacular rhetoric

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; VIRGINIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84899940972     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10912-014-9278-4     Document Type: Article

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