Characteristics of physicians who dismiss families for refusing vaccines

Pediatrics

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1103-1111

  O'Leary, Sean T ^a   Allison, Mandy A ^a   Fisher, Allison ^b   Crane, Lori ^a,c   Beaty, Brenda ^a   Hurley, Laura ^a,d   Brtnikova, Michaela ^a   Jimenez Zambrano, Andrea ^a   Stokley, Shannon ^b   Kempe, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^d DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84948759335     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-2086     Document Type: Article

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