Vaccines
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-766355-4 (ISBN)
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Vaccines: What Everyone Needs to Know® offers an accessible overview of the science, manufacture, and culture of vaccines in the United States and internationally, with needed updates in light of rapid advances in vaccine technologies and distribution. This second edition expands the lens of vaccine access and equity with authoritative insight into the following:
· How vaccines work
· History of vaccines
· Vaccine content and manufacturing
· Vaccine policy and regulation
· Vaccine injury
· Vaccines and alleged effects on autism
· Development of Ebola and COVID-19 vaccines
· Modern global vaccine hesitancy movement
Written by a leading authority in both infectious disease and vaccine education, this book offers a clear-eyed resource for students, clinicians, and general readers interested in the use, efficacy, and controversy surrounding vaccines. In a subject area defined by partisanship, it offers a reliable resource for what everyone needs to know.
Kristen A. Feemster, MD, MPH, MSHP, is a pediatric infectious diseases physician and health policy researcher at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the implementation of immunization recommendations, the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases, and vaccine policy. She is Director of Research for the Vaccine Education Center and Medical Director of the Immunization Program at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Dr. Feemster has authored numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and invited commentaries and regularly provides vaccine education to a wide range of audiences. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. What Is a Vaccine and How Do Vaccines Work?
2. A Brief History of Vaccines
3. Vaccine Development
4. Vaccine Financing and Distribution
5. Vaccine Safety
6. The Vaccine Schedule
7. Laws and Standard Practices for Vaccine Administration
8. Vaccine Hesitancy
9. On the Horizon
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | What Everyone Needs To Know® |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-766355-9 / 0197663559 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-766355-4 / 9780197663554 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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