Product Description

The overwhelming benefits of childhood vaccinations appear indisputable. They ve saved millions of lives and are revered as one of the greatest public health interventions of all time perhaps even the greatest success story of modern medicine. BUT IS IT TRUE? GP, and father of two, Richard Halversen has spent five years researching and writing this alarming study of vaccines: do they work, do we know enough about them, are they safe, what are the risks, are there ways of making vaccines safer? 'I am investigating what we patients and doctors alike are not being told. I am deeply disturbed by what I have found and how information about our health is increasingly held ransom to vested interests rather than freely available ... this book had to be written to inform parents, honestly, and without bias, so that they can form their own decisions.'

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #268526 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-03
• Released on: 2009-11-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 311 pages

About the Author
Doctor Richard Halvorsen has been a family doctor in London for twenty five years and has spent five years researching and writing this book on vaccines. He lives in London.

Customer Reviews

Unreliable
On reading this book, I soon noted: misinterpretations of findings, selective referencing of scientific papers, and the citing of evidence that it seems cannot possibly support contentions made. I would recommend that anyone considering buying this book think about buying one of Paul Offit's books on vaccines instead.

An excellent guide
A great book. Informative without scaremongering. This book really gets to grips with the vaccination dilemma. My eldest son is severely autistic and we've grappled with vaccination issues for the last 6 years (our other 2 children are fine). Richard Halvorsen comments on issues I've wondered about for years (e.g. the change in vaccination schedule meaning that babies- such as my eldest son- were receiving mercury at 2,3 and 4 months rather than spread out over the first year).
He's not anti-vaccination, he's pro safe and sensible vaccination. Highly recommended.

At last a sensible discussion
I think this book is excellent. Each of the childhood vaccinations is treated in turn and there are loads of references so you can go and determine whether you think the author is being biased or not. Which helps you make your mind up about whether to trust what he says. There is an excellent summary chapter at the end where he says which vaccinations he would and wouldn't give to his children if they were of vaccinating age again.

Its sensible, well-written and, most of all, in favour of CHOICE for parents. I think one of the biggest problems with the whole MMR debate is that parents feel choice has been taken away from them with no good, reasonable explanation.