The panic virus : a true story of medicine, science, and fear
Record details
- ISBN: 1439158649
- ISBN: 9781439158647 (hc)
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Physical Description:
xvi, 429 p. ; 25 cm.
print - Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-410) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The spotted pimple of death -- Milkmaid envy and a fear of modernity -- The polio vaccine : from medical miracle to public health catastrophe -- Fluoride scares and swine flu scandals -- "Vaccine roulette" -- Autism's evolving identities -- Help! there are fibers growing out of my eyeballs! -- Enter Andrew Wakefield -- The Lancet paper -- Thimerosal and the mystery of Minamata's dancing cats -- The mercury moms -- The Simpsonwood Conference and the speed of light : a brief history of science -- The media and its messages -- Mark Geier, witness for hire -- The case of Michelle Cedillo -- Cognitive biases and availability cascades -- How to turn a lack of evidence into evidence of harm -- A conspiracy of dunces -- Autism speaks -- Katie Wright's accidental manifesto -- Jenny McCarthy's mommy instinct -- Medical NIMBYism and faith-based metaphysics -- Baby Brie -- Casualties of a war built on lies. |
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Subject: | Vaccination History Vaccination Psychological aspects Health behavior Mass media and culture Vaccination history Vaccination psychology Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Mass Media Panic |
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Homer Public Library | 614.47 MNO (Text) | 000096734 | Nonfiction | Available | - |