Communication and miscommunication of risk: understanding UK parents' attitudes to combined MMR vaccination
Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: In this article on the public perception of risks Paul Bellaby considers three examples of risks to children in the UK—an insignificant risk (autism caused by MMR vaccine), a real but probably small risk (vCJD from BSE), and a real and demonstrably larger risk (injuries from road crashes) and contrasts the perceptions of the risks by parents
Source: BMJ
Author: Paul Bellaby
Institution: University of Salford
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1967126649