UID:
almafu_9961252457602883
Format:
1 online resource (200 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-35591-2
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9786610178117
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1-283-58479-4
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1-280-17811-6
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1-134-35592-0
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9786613897244
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0-203-29949-3
Content:
The MMR controversy has been characterized by two one-sided discourses. In the medical world, the weight of opinion is overwhelmingly in favour of MMR. In the public world, the anti-MMR campaign has a much greater influence, centred on the fears of parents that the triple vaccine may cause autism in their children. Both professionals and parents struggle to cope with the anxieties this creates, but find it difficult to find a balanced account of the issues.In MMR and Autism Michael Fitzpatrick, a general practitioner who is also the parent of an autistic child, explains why he
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Description based upon print version of record.
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BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Postscript; Acknowledgements; 1 INTRODUCTION: WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW; MMR is a good vaccine; Separate vaccines are a bad choice; MMR does not cause autism; Autism is not about to be cured or defeated, but much can be done to help; 2 THE MMR DEBACLE; The rise of immunisation and the fall of MMR; Before the storm; 3 TROUBLE WITH VACCINATIONS; Anti-vaccination campaigns past and present; MMR: Deja vu?; The separate vaccines campaign; Immunisation and the law; Marital strife over MMR; Government on the defensive; 4 AGE OF ANXIETY
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The children of ThatcherismThalidomide: a real medical scandal; The real 'mad cow' scandal: nobody lied; The immune system as metaphor; Facts are not enough; 5 AUTISM AND PARENTS; A life sentence; Guilt and blame; A disorder of development; 'Regressive' autism; The autism epidemic; 6 ALTERNATIVE AUTISM; Holding therapy; Secretin; The unorthodox biomedical approach; Biochemical autism; Auto-immune autism?; The limitations of parental expertise; Full circle; 7 THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST MMR; Operation Safeguard; Richard Barr: the anti-MMR solicitor; The CSM investigation of the solicitors' cases
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The scandal of Legal Aid 'research'8 THE LANCET PAPER; An acrimonious debate; MMR and the Medical Research Council; Testing the MMR-autism hypothesis; MMR safety; Moving the goalposts; 9 MISSING LINKS; Does MMR cause measles?; 'New variant' inflammatory bowel disease?; Leaky bowel?; Opioid excess?; Epidemiology; Expert reviews; The Medical Research Council; The American Academy of Pediatrics; Institute of Medicine, Committee on Immunisation Safety; 10 THE METAMORPHOSIS OF ANDREW WAKEFIELD; The listening doctor; Turning away from science; Scientific thinking is counter-intuitive
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Commonsense thinking serves well for everyday life, but is of little use in penetrating the mysteries of nature or the universeScientific knowledge is public knowledge; MMR in the media; Who duped whom?; The media and MMR: three stories; O'Leary's apostasy; Shattock's 'one in ten'; The Geiers; 11 EPILOGUE; What doctors need to do; Put a positive case for MMR; Challenging anti-vaccination propaganda; Research into autism; Challenging junk science; What we need to do together; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-32178-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-32179-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203299494
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