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The Vaccine Controversy The History, Use, and Safety of Vaccinations

Kurt Link

ISBN: 0-313-36185-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-36185-2

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208 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 10/30/2008

List Price: $20.00 (UK Sterling Price: £13.95)

Availability: Print on demand

Media Type: Paperback

Also Available: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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This concise book consists mainly of short (3- to 10-page) entries on both common and special vaccines, including all current vaccines and some under development. For each entry Link describes the disease agent and symptoms of illness; the history of the disease and vaccine development; and vaccine efficacy, safety, and side effects....It includes brief introductory chapters on the immune system, vaccine development and history, and disasters and near misses involving vaccinations, as well as appendixes on legal aspects of vaccination and clinical trials. Recommended. Undergraduates, professionals/practitioners, and general readers.
—Choice 12/1/2005

Description: While millions of Americans receive vaccinations each year, a vocal segment of the population is opposed to all immunizations—some even refusing to get mandated vaccinations for their children. In The Vaccine Controversy, Dr. Kurt Link—a specialist in internal medicine—explores that paradox and provides a history of vaccine development, including such possible future vaccines as those being developed in the hope of immunizing against HIV. A strong supporter of vaccination programs, Link explains the immune system and how it works, as well as outlining the various types of vaccines (including the efficacy and potential toxicity of each). Appendices spell out current medical recommendations for vaccines, describe the legal issues involved in decisions to vaccinate or not, and explain the workings of clinical trials where work is done to determine if a vaccine is effective or not, or has any remarkable side effects.

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Appendices to this work spell out current medical recommendations for vaccines, describe the legal issues involved in decisions to vaccinate or not, and explain the workings of clinical trials where work is done to determine if a vaccine is effective or not, or has any remarkable side effects. A strong supporter of vaccination programs, Link says that all people should understand the powers, limitations and risk of immunization.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Overview
The Immune System and Surviving Infection
Vaccine History and Types (live, killed, purified)
Disasters and Near Misses
The Current Controversy: In Perspective
The Common Vaccines
Smallpox Vaccine
Chicken Pox Vaccine
Diptheria Vaccine
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Vaccine
Tetanus Vaccine
Measles Vaccine
Mumps Vaccine
Rubella Vaccine
Polio Vaccine
Flu Vaccine
H. Flu (HIB) Vaccine
Pneumococcus Vaccine
Hepatitis B
Special Vaccines
Hepatitus A
BCG. The Hunt for a TB Vaccine
Anthrax Vaccine
Special Vaccines For Travelers, Health Care Workers, Military Personnel
Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine
Rabies Vaccine
Vaccines of the Future
HIV Vaccines
Conclusion
Appendix A: Recommendations
Appendix B: Legal Aspects of Vaccination
Appendix C: Clinical Trials

About the Author: Kurt Link M.D. is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has been practicing internal medicine for more than 35 years. Dr. Link was educated at the Bronx High School of Science, City College of New York and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

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