title: "I've heard some things that scare me". Responding with empathy to parents' fears of vaccinations.
abstract: The Lancet's 1998 publication of "Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children" by Andrew Wakefield, et. al., positing a causal relationship between MMR vaccine and autism in children, set off a media storm and galvanized the anti-vaccine movement. In this paper, centuries-old fears of vaccination and the history of autism as a medical diagnosis are considered, and an affective, family-centered approach to dealing with parental fears by physicians is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Saint Louis University School of Medicine/SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, USA. hallerka@slu.edu
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Holler
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scalzo
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000209:etiology; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects; D008923:Missouri / Q000453:epidemiology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine