What your doctor may not tell you about children's vaccinations
Provides background and basic information about vaccines and some of the medical conditions associated with them, explains the benefits and risks of vaccines typically given to children, discusses parental rights to refuse vaccines, and includes a list of questions for parents to ask their pediatricians, as well as guidelines for reporting an adverse event
1 online resource (xx, 315 pages)
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Part I. Introducing vaccines. The story of vaccines
How safe are vaccines?
Mercury in vaccines : shots of danger?
The autism debate
When the body attacks itself : autoimmune disorders
Part II. The vaccines. Hepatitis B vaccine
DTP/DTaP: Diphtheria, Tentanus, Pertussis
Hib: Haemophilus influenzae Type B vaccine
Polio
MMR: measles, mumps, rubella
Varicell (chicken pox)
Other vaccines
Vaccines of the future : sooner than you think?
Parents, the law, and insurance companies
What you can do to ensure your child's safety
The vaccine adverse events reporting system