Immunization : how vaccines became controversial
Blume, Stuart S., 1942-2021
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At a time when vaccines are a vital tool in the fight against COVID-19 in all its various mutations, this hard-hitting book takes a longer historical perspective. It argues that globalisation and cuts to healthcare have been eroding faith in the institutions producing and providing vaccines for more than thirty years. It tells the history of immunisation from the work of early pioneers such as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch through the eradication of smallpox in 1980, to the recent introduction of new kinds of genetically engineered vaccines.
Main title:
Immunization : how vaccines became controversial / Stuart Blume.
Author:
Blume, Stuart S., 1942-, author
Edition:
Expanded second edition.
Imprint:
London : Reaktion Books, 2021.
Collation:
279 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781789145045 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
614.47
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1147682
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