Vaccine Hesitancy : Public Trust, Expertise, and the War on Science.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Vaccine Hesitancy in the Industrialized North -- Part I. A War on Science -- 1. The "Ignorant Public" -- 2. The "Stubborn Mind" -- 3. The "Death of Expertise" -- 4. Politicized Science and Scientized Politics -- Part II. A Crisis of Trust -- 5. Trust and Credibility in Science -- 6. The Scientific Expert as Hero and Maverick -- Conclusion: Rebuilding Trust -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Reframes Resistance to Vaccines as a Crisis of Public Trust Rather than a War on Science.