| Description |
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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DVD, widescreen, English: stereo, NTSC, Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Originally produced for public television broadcast on April 27, 2010; remote version viewed on April 29, 2010. |
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"A FRONTLINE co-production with the Palfreman Film Group." |
| Contents |
1. A visit to Ashland, Oregon -- 2. The eroding faith in vaccines -- 3. Fearing vaccine risks, especially autism -- 4. The science that launched the movement -- 5. What epidemiological studies reveal -- 6. Vaccines: what's at stake. |
| Summary |
"Vaccines have changed the world, largely eradicating a series of terrible diseases, from smallpox to polio to diphtheria, and likely adding decades to most of our life spans. But despite the gains -- and numerous scientific studies indicating vaccine safety -- a growing movement of parents remains fearful of vaccines. And in some American communities, significant numbers of parents have been rejecting vaccines altogether, raising new concerns about the return of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and whooping cough. In The Vaccine War, FRONTLINE lays bare the science of vaccine safety and examines the increasingly bitter debate between the public health establishment and a formidable populist coalition of parents, celebrities, politicians and activists who are armed with the latest social media tools -- including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter -- and are determined to resist pressure from the medical and public health establishments to vaccinate, despite established scientific consensus about vaccine safety."-- Frontline website. |
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Vaccination of children -- Complications -- Videodiscs.
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Autism -- Etiology -- Videodiscs.
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Vaccines -- Toxicology -- Videodiscs.
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Vaccination -- Complications -- Videodiscs.
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Documentary television programs -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Television programs.
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| Added Author |
Palfreman, Jon.
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McMahon, Kate.
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Rosenberg, Raoul.
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Palfreman Film Group.
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WGBH Educational Foundation.
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PBS Video.
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| Added Title |
Frontline (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781608832453 |
| Standard No. |
841887012485 |
| Music No. |
FRL62816 PBS Video |
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