Vaccine Anxieties Global Science, Child Health and Society

Name: Vaccine Anxieties Global Science, Child Health and Society
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ISBN: 9781844073702

ISBN-10: 184407370X

ISBN-13: 9781844073702

Edition: 2008

Authors: James Fairhead, Melissa Leach

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Across the globe, controversies around vaccines exemplify anxieties thrown up by new technologies. Whether it is growing parental concerns over the MMR vaccine in the UK or Nigerian communities refusing polio vaccines-associating them with genocidal policies-these controversies feed the cornerstone debates of our time concerning trust in government, media responsibility, scientific impartiality, citizen science, parental choice and government enforcement. This book is a groundbreaking examination of how parents are reflecting on and engaging with vaccination, a rapidly advancing and universally applied technology. It examines the anxieties emerging as today's highly globalized vaccine…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/12/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.25" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of Figures


Acknowledgements


List of Acronyms and Abbreviations



Introduction: Global Technologies, Personal Worlds



Analysing Vaccine Anxieties



Body, Body Politic and Vaccination in the UK



Anxieties over Science: Arguing MMR in the UK



Body, Body Politic and Vaccination in West Africa



Anxieties over Science: Engaging Vaccine Trials in The Gambia



Conclusions


References


Index