Vaccines
What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. October 2024
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-19-766355-4 (ISBN)
Description
Vaccines: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) offers an accessible overview of the science, manufacture, and culture of vaccines in the United States and internationally, with needed updates in light of rapid advances in vaccine technologies and distribution. This second edition expands the lens of vaccine access and equity with authoritative insight into the following:
? How vaccines work
? History of vaccines
? Vaccine content and manufacturing
? Vaccine policy and regulation
? Vaccine injury
? Vaccines and alleged effects on autism
? Development of Ebola and COVID-19 vaccines
? Modern global vaccine hesitancy movement
Written by a leading authority in both infectious disease and vaccine education, this book offers a clear-eyed resource for students, clinicians, and general readers interested in the use, efficacy, and controversy surrounding vaccines. In a subject area defined by partisanship, it offers a reliable resource for what everyone needs to know.
? How vaccines work
? History of vaccines
? Vaccine content and manufacturing
? Vaccine policy and regulation
? Vaccine injury
? Vaccines and alleged effects on autism
? Development of Ebola and COVID-19 vaccines
? Modern global vaccine hesitancy movement
Written by a leading authority in both infectious disease and vaccine education, this book offers a clear-eyed resource for students, clinicians, and general readers interested in the use, efficacy, and controversy surrounding vaccines. In a subject area defined by partisanship, it offers a reliable resource for what everyone needs to know.
Reviews / Votes
A wonderful introduction to one of the most important public health advances of the past 200 years. It's a must-read for prospective parents, journalists, and anyone interested in health care and health care policy. Feemster is thorough, compassionate, and engaging-a rare combination that makes this important book a delight to read. * Seth Mnookin, Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair; author of The Panic Virus* An invaluable resource for anyone giving vaccines, getting vaccines, paying for vaccines or arguing about vaccine safety and benefit. Feemster has selected the right subjects to address and brought her expertise to bear in a literate and accessible manner. There is no clearer and more useful short introduction to the topic. * Arthur L. Caplan, New York University School of Medicine
* ...useful, fair-minded, and extremely informative... * Foreign Affairs *
More details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-766355-4 (9780197663554)
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Additional editions
Book
approx. 11/2026
2nd Edition
Oxford University Press Inc
€16.50
Not yet published
Person
Kristen A. Feemster, MD, MPH, MSHP, is a pediatric infectious diseases physician and health policy researcher at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the implementation of immunization recommendations, the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases, and vaccine policy. She is Director of Research for the Vaccine Education Center and Medical Director of the Immunization Program at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Dr. Feemster has authored numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and invited commentaries and regularly provides vaccine education to a wide range of audiences. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.
Content
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. What Is a Vaccine and How Do Vaccines Work?
2. A Brief History of Vaccines
3. Vaccine Development
4. Vaccine Financing and Distribution
5. Vaccine Safety
6. The Vaccine Schedule
7. Laws and Standard Practices for Vaccine Administration
8. Vaccine Hesitancy
9. On the Horizon
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. What Is a Vaccine and How Do Vaccines Work?
2. A Brief History of Vaccines
3. Vaccine Development
4. Vaccine Financing and Distribution
5. Vaccine Safety
6. The Vaccine Schedule
7. Laws and Standard Practices for Vaccine Administration
8. Vaccine Hesitancy
9. On the Horizon
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Index