The politics of immunization in public health

S.C. McCombie

Social Science & Medicine, 1989, vol. 28, issue 8, 843-849

Abstract: The role of socio-political and psychological factors in the decision to immunize is explored using data collected in a country health department in the United States. Decisions regarding the administration of post-exposure immunizations for hepatitis A and rabies are described, and a tendency toward unnecessary use noted. At times these interventions function more to reduce the anxiety of a patient or clinician than they do to prevent an infection. These findings may have implications for analyses of clinical decision making that involve other types of interventions.

Keywords: immunization; hepatitis; A; rabies; decision; making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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