ABSTRACT
Although it exists since vaccination appeared, reticence towards vaccination seems to be increasing. Through a literature review, this article first analyses the reasons for this reticence. The decline of infectious diseases leads to greater attention to side effects of vaccines; on the other hand, the social evolution leads patients to search for zero risk in different aspects of life. Suspiciousness towards the State and the influence of media emphasizing potential deleterious effects of each vaccine are additional phenomena explaining people's hesitations. Anti-vaccination movements using Internet to disseminate their ideas are also responsible. Secondly, the article aims at assessing the public opinion about vaccination. It is still predominantly positive, even if questions remain. A typology of four patients' profiles based on statistical results is proposed. Finally, after having examined the medical doctors' opinion concerning vaccination, this article ends with some pieces of advice on how to deal with vaccination in the patient-doctor relationship.
Subject(s)
Attitude to Health , Internet , Vaccination , Vaccines/adverse effects , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Humans , Physician-Patient Relations , Public Opinion , Surveys and Questionnaires , Vaccination/adverse effects , Vaccination/methodsABSTRACT
The methodology of "Research-Action" requires that the general practitioner acts as the observant as well the actor. This methodology is a good way to identify the several problems and to find their solution. In this option, the G.P. is the main person to plan, to manage and to follow the vaccination program for the "six and more years old children".