The doctor who fooled the world : Andrew Wakefield's war on vaccines
Deer, Brian2020
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Award-winning investigative journalist Brian Deer reveals the shocking truth behind the rise of Andrew Wakefield, so-called 'father of the anti-vaccine movement', blamed for epidemics of fear, guilt, and disease that today circle the globe. As a doctor at a London medical school, in February 1998 Andrew Wakefield published explosive research in the Lancet medical journal which terrified a generation of young parents. Claiming that the MMR vaccine given to millions of children caused autism, he triggered a crisis, with sickness and deaths, as immunisation rates plummeted. This book is a riveting detective story that penetrates layers of legal secrecy, medical confidentiality, business schemes, and smear campaigns to expose the scientific deception of our time.
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Author:
Deer, Brian, author
Imprint:
Melbourne : Scribe, 2020.
Collation:
viii, 394 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781911617808 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2248489
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