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Risk Communication and Vaccination: Workshop Summary (1997)
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. "Front Matter." Risk Communication and Vaccination: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1997.

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		Executive Summary		1
		Introduction and Background		3
		Risk Perception and Decisionmaking		4
		Heuristics and Biases		5
		Influences on and Biases of Experts		9
		Influences on the Acceptability of Vaccine Risks		9
		The Logic of Vaccination Decisions: Bandwagoning, Free-Riding and Altruism		10
		Perception of Disease Risks		10
		Ethical and Policy Issues		11
		Uncertainty and Trust		14
		Current Communications Efforts		15
		Governmental Efforts		15
		Manufacturers' Efforts		16
		Nonprofit Organizations		18
		Provider-Parent Interactions		18
		Improving Vaccine Risk Communications		19
		Summary		21