The Vaccine Narrative /

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As new vaccines proliferate, this book asks where our faith in vaccines comes from. For most people, vaccines have become the magic bullets for dealing with dangerous diseases. The continuing quest for new vaccines, including an HIV/AIDS vaccine, despite technical, epidemiological, and social obstac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heller, Jacob, Ph.D
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Impfung
Vaccines.
Social medicine.
MEDICAL > History.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
Sociologie medicale.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Vaccins > Historiographie.
Vaccins > Aspect social.
Vaccins > Histoire.
Vaccination > history
Sociology, Medical
History, 20th Century
Communicable Disease Control > history
Vaccines > history
Vaccines > Historiography.
Vaccines > Social aspects.
Vaccines > History.
United States
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Diphtheria toxin-antitoxin : the birth of the modern narrative
  • Rubella (German measles) : the "cultural provenance" of vaccination
  • Pertussis vaccine : resisting the narrative
  • HIV/AIDS vaccine research : science and ethics confront the narrative.

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