The doctor who fooled the world : Andrew Wakefield's war on vaccines
Deer, Brian2024
Book
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 title 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.
Main title:
Author:
Deer, Brian, author
Imprint:
London : Scribe UK, 2024.
Collation:
416 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2020.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781917189057 (pbk)
Dewey class:
614.47
Language:
English
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BRN:
1500313