Vaccines 5th Edition
Making the Right Choice for Your Child
5th Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. October 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-78334-292-1 (ISBN)
Description
Dr Halvorsen brings together the latest medical knowledge on all modern child vaccines (age 0-15yrs), as well as the diseases they aim to protect against, including the 'flu virus. This easy to read guide includes the latest science about questions such as safety, the link between vaccination, autism and other auto-immune diseases, and what parents can do. Where it is useful to parents, Dr Richard Halvorsen has added clinical information from his surgery as a general practitioner for almost four decades where it is useful to parents, as well as a quick reference guide.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78334-292-1 (9781783342921)
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Person
Dr Richard Halvorsen is an NHS GP, who has been deeply involved in childhood vaccination issues both in his immunisation clinic, Babyjabs, and publicly in the media. He has appeared on BBC Breakfast, ITV, Channel 4 News; the Telegraph, Times, Daily Mail, Express and Mail on Sunday.
Content
Preface & Acknowledgements Introduction A Quick Reference to Vaccines for Parents An Alternative vaccination schedule 1 Autism and Vaccination 2 Mercury 3 Aluminium 4 Smallpox & Scarlet Fever 5 Diphtheria - 1941 6 Tuberculosis - 1953 7 Polio - 1956 8 When Is Polio not Polio? 9 Tetanus - 1961 10 Measles - 1968 11 Whooping Cough - 1958 12 Rubella - 1970 13 MMR/Mumps - 1988 14 MMR/Measles 15 MMR/Rubella 16 MMR Scare 17 MMR Research 18 MMR, Conclusion 19 Hib - 1992 20 Meningitis C - 1999 21 The 5-in-1 (2004) & 6-in-1 (2017) 22 Pneumococcus - 2006 23 HPV - 2008 24 Rotavirus - 2013 25 Flu 26 Meningitis B - 2015 27 Hepatitis B - 2017 28 Vaccines and Big Pharma 29 The Developing World 30 Conclusion - Informed Consent Notes Index Resources