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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Wiley-Blackwell
2005
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Bioethics
Year: 2005, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 407-421 |
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