The Vaccination of Children
ETHICAL ISSUES RELATED TO VACCINATION OF CHILDREN
A Conference Report
Parents across the country have reported that their pediatricians have discharged them for refusing vaccines for their children. The individual reports seem to confirm the results of two studies published in 2005 that investigated this recent phenomenon. The first, published in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, tabulated the results from a survey of 1004 pediatricians. Of the 302 respondents, 39% percent said they would dismiss a family for refusing all vaccinations and 28% said they would dismiss a family for refusing select vaccines. In another study, 4.8% of pediatricians reported that they “always” dismiss families for refusing vaccines and 18.1% discharged patients “at least some of the time” for refusing vaccines.
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A Conference Report
Parents across the country have reported that their pediatricians have discharged them for refusing vaccines for their children. The individual reports seem to confirm the results of two studies published in 2005 that investigated this recent phenomenon. The first, published in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, tabulated the results from a survey of 1004 pediatricians. Of the 302 respondents, 39% percent said they would dismiss a family for refusing all vaccinations and 28% said they would dismiss a family for refusing select vaccines. In another study, 4.8% of pediatricians reported that they “always” dismiss families for refusing vaccines and 18.1% discharged patients “at least some of the time” for refusing vaccines.
Full Article:
http://www.newswithviews.com/Tenpenny/sherri9.htm
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