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State of Immunity - The Politics of Vaccination in Twentieth-Century America (Hardcover): James Colgrove State of Immunity - The Politics of Vaccination in Twentieth-Century America (Hardcover)
James Colgrove
R2,021 R1,653 Discovery Miles 16 530 Save R368 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This first comprehensive history of the social and political aspects of vaccination in the United States tells the story of how vaccination became a widely accepted public health measure over the course of the twentieth century. One hundred years ago, just a handful of vaccines existed, and only one, for smallpox, was widely used. Today more than two dozen vaccines are in use, fourteen of which are universally recommended for children. "State of Immunity "examines the strategies that health officials have used--ranging from advertising and public relations campaigns to laws requiring children to be immunized before they can attend school--to gain public acceptance of vaccines. Like any medical intervention, vaccination carries a small risk of adverse reactions. But unlike other procedures, it is performed on healthy people, most commonly children, and has been mandated by law. Vaccination thus poses unique ethical, political, and legal questions.
James Colgrove considers how individual liberty should be balanced against the need to protect the common welfare, how experts should act in the face of incomplete or inconsistent scientific information, and how the public should be involved in these decisions. A well-researched, intelligent, and balanced look at a timely topic, this book explores these issues through a vivid historical narrative that offers new insights into the past, present, and future of vaccination.

Searching Eyes - Privacy, the State, and Disease Surveillance in America (Paperback): Amy L. Fairchild, Ronald Bayer, James... Searching Eyes - Privacy, the State, and Disease Surveillance in America (Paperback)
Amy L. Fairchild, Ronald Bayer, James Colgrove; Contributions by Daniel Wolfe
R778 R671 Discovery Miles 6 710 Save R107 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"This is a stunning book--comprehensive and perceptive. "Searching Eyes: Privacy, the State, and Disease Surveillance in America" is a major achievement in interdisciplinary scholarship and historical interpretation, and will remain the definitive work on this important subject for many years to come."--Theodore M. Brown, Ph.D., Professor of History, Community and Preventive Medicine, and Medical Humanities, University of Rochester
"A landmark in the history and ethics of public health. Meticulously researched, it provides the first overarching account of the evolution of public health surveillance in the United States, from the debates over tuberculosis and venereal disease at the start of the 20th century to the tensions over AIDS and bioterrorism at century's end. Fairchild, Bayer, and Colgrove provide insights not only into how concerns about privacy shaped the politics of public health but also about how the need for protection and services could fuel the demand for extending surveillance. "Searching Eyes" is invaluable not only for those who want to understand the past but for those who will be called on to make and debate public health policy in the future."--Larry O. Gostin, author of "Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint "(2nd ed, forthcoming 2008)

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