The doctor who fooled the world : science, deception, and the war on vaccines /
"Andrew Wakefield, a former British doctor, has been a leading proponent of the discredited view that vaccines cause autism. The discrediting of Wakefield and the anti-vax position he propelled is due largely to the work of Brian Deer, an investigative reporter from the United Kingdom. In this...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book. |
| Summary: | "Andrew Wakefield, a former British doctor, has been a leading proponent of the discredited view that vaccines cause autism. The discrediting of Wakefield and the anti-vax position he propelled is due largely to the work of Brian Deer, an investigative reporter from the United Kingdom. In this book Deer tells the story of how Wakefield fabricated research results for his Lancet paper, failed to disclose financial conflicts of interest, manipulated researchers and parents, and lied to the public"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781421438016 1421438011 9781925938142 192593814X |