Not My Child: Parental Refusal of Vaccinations for Children

Personal account by a nurse of how her mother contracted polio during an outbreak in Chicago in 1956, and the profound effect on the family. The refusal of some modern parents to allow their children to be immunised against childhood diseases is discussed, in the light of free availability of vaccin...

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Published in:Journal of midwifery & women's health 2009-01, Vol.54 (1), p.82-84
Main Author: Engstrom, Janet L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chicago - epidemiology
Child
Disease Outbreaks - history
History, 20th Century
Humans
Nursing
Parental Consent
Poliomyelitis - epidemiology
Poliomyelitis - history
Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated - history
Vaccination
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Summary:Personal account by a nurse of how her mother contracted polio during an outbreak in Chicago in 1956, and the profound effect on the family. The refusal of some modern parents to allow their children to be immunised against childhood diseases is discussed, in the light of free availability of vaccines. [(BNI unique abstract)] 22 references
ISSN:1526-9523
1542-2011
DOI:10.1016/j.jmwh.2008.07.010