Vaccine Rejecting Parents’ Engagement With Expert Systems That Inform Vaccination Programs

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 65-76

  Attwell, Katie ^a,b   Leask, Julie ^c   Meyer, Samantha B ^d   Rokkas, Philippa ^e   Ward, Paul ^e  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Immunisation Alliance of Western Australia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Giddens; Modernity; Qualitative; Trust; Vaccination; Vaccine hesitancy

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRUST; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG INDUSTRY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TRUST; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 85001052374     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-016-9756-7     Document Type: Article

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