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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:452.

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After reading "Dismissing the Family Who Refuses Vaccines: A Study of Pediatrician Attitudes" by Flanagan-Klygis et al,¹ I spent a sleepless night feeling sad, ashamed, and angry. How can physicians dedicated to patient-centered care "fire" families who make independent health decisions? We are not generals demanding obedience; we are servants of life, of free human beings. They come to us for help, not demands to do it "our way or the highway."

What's next? Will we fire families who let their children watch more than the "maximum" of 2 hours of television daily? Fire parents who let their children ride in the back of pick-up trucks? Fire parents who do not feed their children at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily? Or just those who serve less than 3? Or those who overfeed their children and allow them to become obese? Or those who don't have sufficient funds . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Kathi J. Kemper, MD, MPH; Caryl J. Guth, MD

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Dismissing the Family Who Refuses Vaccines: A Study of Pediatrician Attitudes
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