Of natural bodies and antibodies: Parents' vaccine refusal and the dichotomies of natural and artificial

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue , 2016, Pages 103-110

  Reich, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Childbirth; Natural; Parenting; Pharmaceutical; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ANTIBODY; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; DRUG; HEALTH BELIEF; IMMUNITY; PARTURITION; PERCEPTION; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CONSENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORADO; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRENDS; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICIANS; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

EID: 84962844497     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.04.001     Document Type: Article

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