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The Doctor Who Fooled the World : Science, Deception, and the War on Vaccines /

"Andrew Wakefield, a former British doctor, has been a leading proponent of the discredited view that vaccines cause autism. The discrediting of Wakefield and the anti-vax position he propelled is due largely to the work of Brian Deer, an investigative reporter from the United Kingdom. In this...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Deer, Brian (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:"Andrew Wakefield, a former British doctor, has been a leading proponent of the discredited view that vaccines cause autism. The discrediting of Wakefield and the anti-vax position he propelled is due largely to the work of Brian Deer, an investigative reporter from the United Kingdom. In this book Deer tells the story of how Wakefield fabricated research results for his Lancet paper, failed to disclose financial conflicts of interest, manipulated researchers and parents, and lied to the public"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (408 pages).
ISBN:9781421438016