The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for Clinicians

Front Cover
Gary S. Marshall
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004 - 415 pages

The Vaccine Handbook has a simple purpose- to draw together authoritative information about vaccines into a simple and concise resource that can be used in the office, clinic, and hospital. Not an encyclopedia or scientific textbook, The Vaccine Handbook gives practical advice and provides enough background for the practitioner to understand the recommendations and explain them to his or her patients.

For each vaccine, the authors discuss the disease and its epidemiology, the vaccine’s efficacy and safety, and the practical questions most frequently asked about the vaccine’s use. The authors also discuss problems such as allergies, breastfeeding, dosing intervals and missed vaccines, and immunocompromised individuals.

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Contents

General Considerations
1
Standards and Regulations
28
The Immunization Encounter
45
The Business of Vaccines in Practice
59
Universal Vaccines for Children and Adolescents
71
Combination Vaccines
112
Vaccines for Adults and Selected Children
124
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
133
David P Greenberg M D
246
Passive Immunization
269
Paul A Offit M D
277
Vaccination in Special Circumstances
309
Vaccine Regulation Policy and Safety
329
Division of Infectious Diseases
333
Sources of Information about Vaccines
349
Suggested Readings
367

Vaccines for Specialized Use
138
Bioterrorism
191
Vaccines in Development for General Use
222
Abbreviations
401
Index
405
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