The Vaccine Book Making the Right Decision for Your Child (Updated in 2023)
by Sears, Robert W.Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-10-26
Publisher(s): Little, Brown Spark
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Summary
THE VACCINE BOOK offers parents a fair, impartial, fact-based resource from the most trusted name in pediatrics. Dr. Bob devotes each chapter in the book to a disease/vaccine pair and offers a comprehensive discussion of what the disease is, how common or rare it is, how serious or harmless it is, the ingredients of the vaccine, and any possible side effects from the vaccine. This completely revised edition offers#xB7; updated information on each vaccine and disease#xB7; more detail on vaccines' side effects#xB7; expanded discussions of combination vaccines#xB7; a new section on adult vaccines#xB7; additional options for alternative vaccine schedules#xB7; a guide to Canadian vaccinationsTHE VACCINE BOOK provides exactly the information parents want and need as they make their way through the vaccination maze.
Author Biography
Robert W. Sears, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician, author of The Autism Book, and coauthor of The Portable Pediatrician, The Baby Book, and Happy Baby. He lives with his family in Dana Point, California.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| A Note to Fellow Physicians | p. xiii |
| What's New in the Second Edition? | p. xvi |
| Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Disease and the HIB Vaccine | p. 3 |
| Pneumococcal Disease and the Pc Vaccine | p. 15 |
| Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis Diseases and the DTaP Vaccine | p. 26 |
| Hepatitis B Disease and the Hep B Vaccine | p. 47 |
| Rotavirus Disease and the Rotavirus Vaccine | p. 60 |
| Polio Disease and the Polio Vaccine | p. 70 |
| Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Diseases and the MMR Vaccine | p. 79 |
| Chickenpox Disease and the Varicella Vaccine | p. 96 |
| Hepatitis A Disease and the Hep A Vaccine | p. 109 |
| Influenza Disease and the Flu Vaccine | p. 118 |
| Meningococcal Disease and the Meningococcal Vaccine | p. 142 |
| Human Papillomavirus Disease and the HPV Vaccine | p. 151 |
| Combination Vaccines, Vaccines for Travel, Vaccines for Other Special Situations, and Adult Vaccines | p. 162 |
| Vaccine Safety Research | p. 181 |
| Vaccine Side Effects | p. 200 |
| Vaccines and Autism: The Research to This Point | p. 212 |
| Vaccine Ingredients | p. 229 |
| Alternative Vaccine Schedules | p. 251 |
| Vaccines in Canada | p. 283 |
| Afterword | p. 303 |
| Vaccines and Diseases at a Glance | p. 305 |
| Resources | p. 307 |
| Index | p. 321 |
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