The Vaccine Book Making the Right Decision for Your Child

by Sears, Robert W.

• ISBN13: 9780316180528
• ISBN10: 0316180521
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-26
• Publisher: Little, Brown Spark

Summary

THE VACCINE BOOK offers parents a fair, impartial, fact-based resource from the most trusted name in pediatrics. Dr. Bob devotes each chapter in the book to a disease/vaccine pair and offers 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. This completely revised edition offers#xB7; updated information on each vaccine and disease#xB7; more detail on vaccines' side effects#xB7; expanded discussions of combination vaccines#xB7; a new section on adult vaccines#xB7; additional options for alternative vaccine schedules#xB7; a guide to Canadian vaccinationsTHE VACCINE BOOK provides exactly the information parents want and need as they make their way through the vaccination maze.

Author Biography

Robert W. Sears, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician, author of The Autism Book, and coauthor of The Portable Pediatrician, The Baby Book, and Happy Baby. He lives with his family in Dana Point, California.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
A Note to Fellow Physicians	p. xiii
What's New in the Second Edition?	p. xvi
Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Disease and the HIB Vaccine	p. 3
Pneumococcal Disease and the Pc Vaccine	p. 15
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis Diseases and the DTaP Vaccine	p. 26
Hepatitis B Disease and the Hep B Vaccine	p. 47
Rotavirus Disease and the Rotavirus Vaccine	p. 60
Polio Disease and the Polio Vaccine	p. 70
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Diseases and the MMR Vaccine	p. 79
Chickenpox Disease and the Varicella Vaccine	p. 96
Hepatitis A Disease and the Hep A Vaccine	p. 109
Influenza Disease and the Flu Vaccine	p. 118
Meningococcal Disease and the Meningococcal Vaccine	p. 142
Human Papillomavirus Disease and the HPV Vaccine	p. 151
Combination Vaccines, Vaccines for Travel, Vaccines for Other Special Situations, and Adult Vaccines	p. 162
Vaccine Safety Research	p. 181
Vaccine Side Effects	p. 200
Vaccines and Autism: The Research to This Point	p. 212
Vaccine Ingredients	p. 229
Alternative Vaccine Schedules	p. 251
Vaccines in Canada	p. 283
Afterword	p. 303
Vaccines and Diseases at a Glance	p. 305
Resources	p. 307
Index	p. 321
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