2016/10/01 by Goran Pelčić, Silvana Karačić, Галина Львовна Микиртичан +6 · 168 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Demography #Medicine #Psychology #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Social psychology #Sociology #Vaccination #Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy #Virology
paper · pdf · doi:10.3325/cmj.2016.57.516
published in Croatian Medical Journal 57(5), 516-521 (Medicinska naklada, Zagreb)
openalex publication_date 2016/10/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/27
Vaccination is considered to be one of the greatest public health achievements in the 20th century, which has helped to build a society free of vaccine preventable diseases and save lives of millions children across the globe. However, in the 21st century, pediatric practice in the western world witnesses an era of vaccination refusal. Pediatricians, infectious disease experts, and public health professionals ask themselves why and how “the greatest achievement of public health” became a medical procedure that frightens parents across the globe. Many parents are seeking a legal way to avoid vaccinating their children. The legal systems of some countries predict legal vaccination exemptions. One of the most usual reasons for exemption are medical reasons, followed by the religious, social, and philosophical reasons (personal belief, conscience objection).