“Do-it-yourself”: Vaccine rejection and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue , 2018, Pages 106-114

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Immunisation Alliance of Western Australia   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Epistemology; Immunisation; Vaccination; Vaccine hesitancy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICINE; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; EPISTEMOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POLICY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRUST; VACCINATION; VACCINE REJECTION; WESTERN MEDICINE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTILIZATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; FREMANTLE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TRUST; VACCINATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85034733070     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.022     Document Type: Article

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