Vaccination and its critics : a documentary and reference guide

Author/Creator:

Rosner, Lisa, author

Publication/Creation:

Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, [2017]

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Vaccination and its critics : a documentary and reference guide / Lisa Rosner

Series Titles:

Documentary and reference guides
Documentary and reference guides.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Vaccination--History
Immunization
Health attitudes

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

1. How vaccines work -- 2. Nature's way and the beginning of immunization (1500s-1790s) -- 3. Vaccination by design: smallpox (1790s-1830s) -- Epidemics in the Industrial Age (1840s-1860s) -- 5. The germ theory and vaccination (1870-1900) -- 6. Vaccines and everyday life (1900-1940) -- Do we trust our Doctors? Vaccination, patients' rights, and consumer advocacy (1940-present) -- 8. Global vaccination ideals and reality (2000-present).

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xxxi, 311 pages ; 29 cm.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936623913802486

ISBN:

9781440841835 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1440841837 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC Number:

957056578

Barcode:

010003014803