Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver by Allen, Arthur
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver by Allen, Arthur

Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver

Vaccine juxtaposes the stories of brilliant scientists with the industry's struggle to produce safe, effective, and profitable...
Dhs. 185.00 AED
Dhs. 185.00 AED
SKU: 9780393331561
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Author: Arthur Allen
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver by Allen, Arthur

Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver

Dhs. 185.00
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver by Allen, Arthur

Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver

Dhs. 185.00
Author: Arthur Allen
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Vaccine juxtaposes the stories of brilliant scientists with the industry's struggle to produce safe, effective, and profitable vaccines. It focuses on the role of military and medical authority in the introduction of vaccines and looks at why some parents have resisted this authority. Political and social intrigue have often accompanied vaccination--from the divisive introduction of smallpox inoculation in colonial Boston to the 9,000 lawsuits recently filed by parents convinced that vaccines caused their children's autism. With narrative grace and investigative journalism, Arthur Allen reveals a history illuminated by hope and shrouded by controversy, and he sheds new light on changing notions of health, risk, and the common good.

Author: Arthur Allen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/17/2008
Pages: 542
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780393331561


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 06/22/2008 pg. 20

About the Author
Allen, Arthur: - Arthur Allen has written for the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, the Associated Press, Science, and Slate. His books include Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver. He lives in Washington, where he writes about health for Politico.
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