{"product_id":"vaccine-hesitancy-public-trust-expertise-and-the-war-on-science-science-values-and-the-public","title":"Vaccine Hesitancy: Public Trust  Expertise  and the War on Science (Science  Values  and the Public)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner  2022 PSA Womens Caucus Prize in Feminist Philosophy of Science Award  The public has voiced concern over the adverse effects of vaccines from the moment Dr. Edward Jenner introduced the first smallpox vaccine in 1796. The controversy over childhood immunization intensified in 1998  when Dr. Andrew Wakefield linked the MMR vaccine to autism. Although Wakefields findings were later discredited and retracted  and medical and scientific evidence suggests routine immunizations have significantly reduced life-threatening conditions like measles  whooping cough  and polio  vaccine refusal and vaccine-preventable outbreaks are on the rise. This book explores vaccine hesitancy and refusal among parents in the industrialized North. Although biomedical  public health  and popular science literature has focused on a scientifically ignorant public  the real problem  Maya J. Goldenberg argues  lies not in misunderstanding  but in mistrust. Public confidence in scientific institutions and government bodies has been shaken by fraud  research scandals  and misconduct. Her book reveals how vaccine studies sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry  compelling rhetorics from the anti-vaccine movement  and the spread of populist knowledge on social media have all contributed to a public mistrust of the scientific consensus. Importantly  it also emphasizes how historical and current discrimination in health care against marginalized communities continues to shape public perception of institutional trustworthiness. Goldenberg ultimately reframes vaccine hesitancy as a crisis of public trust rather than a war on science  arguing that having good scientific support of vaccine efficacy and safety is not enough. In a fraught communications landscape  Vaccine Hesitancy advocates for trust-building measures that focus on relationships  transparency  and justice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948525416501,"sku":"ByrdShop_0822946556","price":316.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780822946557.jpg?v=1770049922","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vaccine-hesitancy-public-trust-expertise-and-the-war-on-science-science-values-and-the-public","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}