Communication and miscommunication of risk: understanding UK parents' attitudes to combined MMR vaccination

Bellaby, P

Abstract

In this article on the public perception of risks Paul Bellaby considers three examples of risks to children in the UK—an insignificant risk (autism caused by MMR vaccine), a real but probably small risk (vCJD from BSE), and a real and demonstrably larger risk (injuries from road crashes) and contrasts the perceptions of the risks by parents.

Citation

Bellaby, P. (2003). Communication and miscommunication of risk: understanding UK parents' attitudes to combined MMR vaccination. British medical journal, 327(7417), 725-728. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7417.725

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 27, 2003
• Deposit Date: Jan 13, 2009
• Journal: British Medical Journal
• Print ISSN: 0267-0623
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 327
• Issue: 7417
• Pages: 725-728
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7417.725
• Publisher URL: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7417/725
• Related Public URLs: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC200809;jsessionid=5E7ACF87426F292C43450F080E317FD9