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UNINA9910797824003321 |
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Autore |
Navin Mark |
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Titolo |
Values and vaccine refusal : hard questions in ethics, epistemology, and health care / / Mark Navin |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-76407-5 |
1-317-65318-1 |
1-317-65319-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Vaccines |
Vaccination |
Knowledge, Theory of |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Gender, vaccine denialism, and resistant epistemic communities -- 2. Bias and the 'irrationality' of vaccine denialism -- 3. Purity, disgust, and 'unsafe' vaccines -- 4. Parental prerogatives and the morality of vaccination -- 5. Coercive vaccination -- 6. Vaccine exemptions. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"In this first book-length philosophical treatment of vaccine refusal, Mark Navin argues that we can best understand current debates by placing them in a broader narrative about medical expertise and civic engagement. Values and Vaccine Refusal focuses on the shifting epistemic and moral terrain surrounding an educated public's relationship with healthcare and society--a relationship characterized by a wariness of experts and elites, a withdrawal from participation in public projects, and a do-it-yourself model of reasoning and practice. This is a must-read for students and researchers interested in public health, social epistemology, and the ethical dimensions of both"-- |
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