Vaccine delays, refusals, and patient dismissals: A survey of pediatricians

Pediatrics

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Hough Telford, Catherine ^a   Kimberlin, David W ^a   Aban, Inmaculada ^a   Hitchcock, William P ^b   Almquist, Jon ^c   Kratz, Richard ^d   O'Connor, Karen G ^e  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Pennridge Pediatrics Associates   (United States)

^e AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTISM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE DISCOMFORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICIAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

VACCINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRICIANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION REFUSAL; VACCINES;

EID: 84985906592     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-2127     Document Type: Review

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