Should Vaccinations Be Mandatory?

Brief Description: "At Issue: Should Vaccinations Be Mandatory?: This title explores the topic in terms of whether the childhood vaccination schedule is safe, whether choice to vaccinate or not should be a right, whether exemptions from vaccinations should be allowed, whether vaccination of healthcare workers should be mandatory, and whether HPV vaccinations should be given to all adolescent girls"--Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-114) and index.; The At Issue series includes a wide range of opinion on a single controversial subject. Each volume includes primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives -- eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials and many others. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations to contact offer a gateway to future research--; Provided by publisher.; At Issue: Should Vaccinations Be Mandatory?: This title explores the topic in terms of whether the childhood vaccination schedule is safe, whether choice to vaccinate or not should be a right, whether exemptions from vaccinations should be allowed, whether vaccination of healthcare workers should be mandatory, and whether HPV vaccinations should be given to all adolescent girls--; Provided by publisher. Table of Contents: Introduction -- 1. Childhood Vaccines Are Important to Public Health US Department of Health and Human Services -- 2. Governments Force Children to Get Vaccinated / Christina England -- 3. The Childhood Vaccine Schedule Is Safe Institute of Medicine -- 4. The Childhood Vaccine Schedule Is Unsafe / Neil Z. Miller -- 5. Vaccination Choice Is an Individual Right / Mary Holland -- 6. The Anti-Vaccine Movement Disregards the Great Success of Vaccines / Yoo Jung Kim -- 7. Vaccine Exemptions Must Be Protected / Joseph Mercola -- 8. Widespread Vaccine Exemptions Messing with Herd Immunity / John Timmer -- 9. Mandatory Vaccinations for Health-Care Workers Are Effective / Czarina Biton -- 10. Mandatory Vaccinations for Health-Care Workers May Not Be Effective / Merrill Goozner -- 11. Forcing Flu Shots on Health Care Workers: Who Is Next? / Barbara Loe Fisher -- 12. HPV Vaccinations Should Be Given to All Adolescent Girls / Kristin Klein, Sherry Luedtke -- 13. HPV Vaccinations Should Not Be Mandatory / Susan M. Haack -- Organizations to Contact -- Bibliography -- Index. Publisher Marketing: These books provide a range of opinions on a social issue; each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives, e.g., eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper accounts, to illuminate the issue.; This title explores the issue of vaccination in terms of whether the childhood vaccination schedule is safe, whether choice to vaccinate or not should be a right, whether exemptions from vaccinations should be allowed, whether vaccination of healthcare wo; Greenhaven Press's At Issue series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Enhancing critical thinking skills, each At Issue volume is an excellent research tool to help readers understand current social issues and prepare reports.

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