Review essay : A shot in the dark. Is it time to shine a new spotlight on antivaccination?

Richert, Lucas (2017) Review essay : A shot in the dark. Is it time to shine a new spotlight on antivaccination? Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, 34 (1). pp. 288-293. ISSN 2371-0179

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/cbmh.34.1.288

Abstract

For many, the vaccine sceptic Jenny McCarthy personified the heroic patient-consumer in the American marketplace. In her well-publicized venture, McCarthy valiantly challenged the medical establishment, conventional wisdom, and she championed alternative approaches to treatment. She promoted the idea that vaccines cause autism and the chelation therapy helped cure her son of autism. Yet, the fact that she empowered herself by going onto the internet to discover new treatments that challenged orthodox medical practices ingratiated her to many people.

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Item type:	Article
ID code:	60419
Dates:	Date Event 5 April 2017 Published 8 February 2017 Accepted
Keywords:	vaccination, medical history, Jenny McCarthy, History (General), Public aspects of medicine, Medicine(all)
Subjects:	History General and Old World > History (General) Medicine > Public aspects of medicine
Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Humanities > History
Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
Date deposited:	11 Apr 2017 09:35
Last modified:	02 Jul 2021 01:38
Related URLs:	http://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10....
URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/60419

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