A comprehensive history of the social and political aspects of vaccination in the United States, this work tells the story of how vaccination became a widely accepted public health measure over the course of the twentieth century. It examines the strategies that health officials have used to gain public acceptance of vaccines.
State of Immunity: The Politics of Vaccination in Twentieth-century America
By James Keith Colgrove, James Colgrove
Published by Milbank Memorial Fund, 2006
ISBN 0520247493, 9780520247499
332 pages