By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Roughly one in four parents express doubts about the risks and benefits of various vaccines for their children and, in many cases, they delay or forgo vaccination, new research shows. However, the findings also suggest that physicians can play an important role in encouraging vaccination. This is the first nationally representative study of parents' behavior regarding vaccinating their children. The parents were classified into one of three groups: those who were not sure if vaccination was the best thing to do ('unsure'); parents who delayed the vaccination of their child ('delayed'); or those who decided not to have their child vaccinated ('refused'), lead author Dr. Deborah A. Gust told Reuters health. "The biggest finding," according to Gust, a researcher with the...
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