Anti/vax : reframing the vaccination controversy / Bernice L. Hausman.
Anti/vax : reframing the vaccination controversy / Bernice L. Hausman.
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Publisher
Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2019.
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G 2020/5269
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : vaccination stories and why I wrote this book -- So what bothers you about vaccines? -- Immune to reason -- Whom do you trust? -- Being a responsible parent -- Is vaccine refusal a form of science denial? -- What are facts and how do we trust them? -- Medicalization and biomedicalizat...
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Publisher
Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"Anti/Vax argues that vaccine skepticism is not an outlier position that can be eradicated with scientific literacy; rather, it encompasses a variety of concerns that permeate modern cultures and shed light on a pervasive unease with medicine, pharmaceutical companies, and bureaucratic decision making"-- Provided by publisher.
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Anti/vax : reframing the vaccination controversy / Bernice L. Hausman.
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The culture and politics of health care work
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-263) and index.
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©2019
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G 2020/5269
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74VKaJmrJElM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaJmrJElM
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ISBN
9781501735622
DDC
614.47083
MMS ID
991024368712202626