PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, RISK PERCEPTION, AND THE VIABILITY OF PREVENTIVE VACCINATION AGAINST COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Because of the nature of preventive vaccination programs, the viability of these public health interventions is particularly susceptible to public perceptions. This is because vaccination relies on a concept of ‘herd immunity’, achievement of which requires rational public behavior that can only be...

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Main Author: May, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2005
In: Bioethics
Year: 2005, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 407-421
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