Vaccine Book : Making the Right Decision for Your Child

by Sears, Robert W.

• ISBN13: 9780316017503
• ISBN10: 0316017507
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-22
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Summary

With the spate of publicity surrounding the possible health risks posed by childhood immunization, parents are no longer simply following doctor's orders and automatically having their children vaccinated. Instead, they are asking questions. The problem is the search for answers only leads parents to conflicting, one-sided information: doctors claim that parents are endangering their child's life if they refuse shots, while radical vaccine opponents claim parents are endangering their child's life if they accept shots. With THE VACCINE BOOK, parents finally have one, fair, impartial, fact-based resource they can turn to for answers. Each chapter is devoted to a disease/vaccine pair and offer a comprehensive discussion of what the disease is, how common or rare it is, how serious or harmless it is, the ingredients of the vaccine, and any possible side effects from the vaccine. Ultimately, parents will have to make their own informed decisions as Dr. Bob Sears is neither pro-vaccine nor anti-vaccine. But THE VACCINE BOOK will provide exactly the information parents want and need as they make their way through the vaccination maze.

Author Biography

Robert Sears is a board certified pediatrician in private practice with his father, William Sears. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University and completed his pediatric training at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. He is the co-author of The Baby Book (revised edition), The Premature Baby Book, and The Baby Sleep Book.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
A Note to Fellow Physicians	p. xvii
A Note to the Reader	p. xx
Haemophilus Influenzed Type B Disease and the HIB Vaccine	p. 1
Pneumococcal Disease and the Pc Vaccine	p. 13
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis Diseases and the DTaP Vaccine	p. 23
Hepatitis B Disease and the Hep B Vaccine	p. 46
Rotavirus Disease and the Rotavirus Vaccine	p. 61
Polio Disease and the Polio Vaccine	p. 72
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Diseases and the MMR Vaccine	p. 80
Chickenpox Disease and the Varicella Vaccine	p. 98
Hepatitis A Disease and the Hep A Vaccine	p. 109
Influenza Disease and the Flu Vaccine	p. 119
Meningococcal Disease and the Meningococcal Vaccine	p. 135
Human Papillomavirus Virus Disease and the HPV Vaccine	p. 144
Combination Vaccines, Vaccines for Travel, and Vaccines for- Other Special Situations	p. 153
Vaccine Safety Research	p. 162
Vaccine Side Effects	p. 180
Vaccine Ingredients	p. 191
Myths and Questions about Vaccines	p. 212
Parents Who Delay or Decline Vaccination	p. 222
What Should You Now Do?	p. 234
Afterword	p. 243
Vaccines and Diseases at a Glance	p. 248
Resources	p. 249
Index	p. 269
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