Vaccine hesitancy has gained renewed attention as an important public health concern
worldwide. Against this backdrop, over the last decade, we have conducted various …

This article draws on a broadcast popular among the anti-vaccine community to map out six
themes used by the broadcast to mislead viewers about COVID-19. The themes are the …

In his account of the medical profession's ascent, Paul Starr drew a distinction between the
social authority of physicians and the cultural authority of medicine—between doctors' …

Parents who confidently reject vaccines and other forms of medical intervention often seek
out pediatric care, medical treatments, and prescription medications for their children in …

At the center of the COVID-19 pandemic lies a ubiquitous feature of medicine. Medicine is
permeated with ignorance. Seizing this moment to assess the current state of medical …

While vaccine-critical activism has been widely documented and discussed, comparatively
little has been said about the concerted response of pro-vaccine activists defending the …

Background. Parental trust in their child's health care provider and the number and type of
vaccine information sources are important dimensions of vaccine hesitancy and may …

p. p1 {margin: 0.0 px 0.0 px 0.0 px 0.0 px; font: 10.0 px Arial} Post-factual politics has united
scientists and civil society in a public defence of truth, however, the battle may already have …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework for understanding
the identity politics associated with parental hesitancy and refusal of vaccines for their …

This article is an in-depth analysis of the social nature of vaccine decision-making. It
employs the sociological theory of Bourdieu and Ingram to consider how parents experience …