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'Michael Fitzpatrick splendidly demolishes the argument that MMR causes autism by careful review of the scientific and other evidence. He also provides an insightful review of autism and its management, together with the role of risk aversion in health scares like the MMR. Every health worker, parent, politician and journalist concerned with these issues must read this brilliant book.' - Brent Taylor, Professor of Community Child Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School

'Fitzpatrick ... offers a profound and wide-ranging account including politics, philosophy and rationality, science and medicine, the media, the medics, history and autism itself from both sides of the fence and indeed the fence itself. Erudite without obscurity, economical without dryness, I found his book a gripping read - and so did my wife, a non medic.' - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

'This book is a tour de force. Extensively researched and impeccably argued.' - Health Watch

'Dr Fitzpatrick's book on the MMR affair goes well beyond the affair itself, and casts a searchlight on our society, indeed on our soul.' - Dr Anthony Daniels, Sunday Telegraph

'Michael Fitzpatrick is a general practitioner and also the parent of a child with autism. Fortunately he is also a very good writer and has produced a readable, well-discussed book about the MMR-autism saga. The book is informative, detailed, and accurate.' - International Journal of Epidemiology

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The MMR controversy has been characterized by two one-sided discourses. In the medical world, the weight of opinion is overwhelmingly in favour of MMR. In the public world, the anti-MMR campaign has a much greater influence, centred on the fears of parents that the triple vaccine may cause autism in their children. Both professionals and parents struggle to cope with the anxieties this creates, but find it difficult to find a balanced account of the issues.

In MMR and Autism Michael Fitzpatrick, a general practitioner who is also the parent of an autistic child, explains why he believes the anti-MMR campaign is misguided in a way that will reassure parents considering vaccination and also relieve the anxieties of parents of autistic children. At the same time, this informative book provides health care professionals and health studies students with an accessible overview of a contemporary health issue with significant policy implications.
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In the public discussion following the London premiere of the anti-MMR television drama 'Hear the Silence' in September 2003 a journalist active in the campaign against MMR claimed that doctors had exaggerated the benefits of immunisation by failing to acknowledge that deaths from measles had been declining before MMR was introduced: 'Only 14 children' had died from measles in Britain in 1988 - the year MMR was launched. Read the first page
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1.0 out of 5 stars Johnny No-Stars, 26 Jan 2012
This review is from: MMR and Autism: What Parents Need to Know (Paperback)
This is an extremely patronising book and that's the least of it. Comes from position of I am a doctor and a parent of an autistic child, so I can sit on my throne and pontificate from on high. If you feel that strongly about it, make it a free download. I somehow doubt you will....
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5.0 out of 5 stars appalling cynicism, 6 Dec 2011
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SMcM "SMcM" (Nr ayr, ayrshire Scotland) - See all my reviews
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How disappointing to read the number of one star reviews from people about this book which, please remember, is written by the father of a child with autism who is also a GP.

If anyone genuinely believes that he is not in an ideal position to guide worried parents through the swathe of misinformation about MMR then I dont know who is.

An excellent book and the reason that it is relatively one sided is that the case against MMR has been completely demolished
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5.0 out of 5 stars The fake MMR scare - why its still important, 3 Jan 2006
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We live at a time when our children no longer die of smallpox and are not encased in iron lungs because of polio infection. Vaccination is one of the main reasons why our children are safer from infectious disease than ever before. Oddly, we also live in a time where many well-meaning people (along with many more cranks and quacks) try to deny the fact that vaccinations are effective. These people are busy creating fake safety issues to put people off having their children vaccinated, opening the way for children to be harmed needlessly by easily preventable disease. Vague hints that governments and pharmaceutical companies are deliberately causing damage to children for profit usually accompany these paranoid fantasies, witness a review here. Oddly, the anti-vaccine quacks who offer their own dubious services for cash have no such financial motivation in the eyes of their faithful followers.

In this book Michael Fitzpatrick, a father of an autistic child and a GP, cuts through the fake hysteria surrounding MMR to show why no scare should have started in the first place. Fitzpatrick shows that the MMR-autism link is not supported by epidemiology and has no credible, reproducible lab evidence that could provide a mechanism.

The fake MMR scare now, thankfully, appears to be fading as the media loses interest under the weight of more and more studies showing no link to autism, however, this book remains important. The lessons of the MMR fiasco need to be learnt by the government and the media so the next time a “medical maverick” questions established and effective therapies the correct questions are asked before an unnecessary panic is created.

Interestingly, following the point about profit mentioned earlier, Fitzpatrick also points out that the "medical research" that first linked MMR to autism was produced using public funding (from Legal Aid) at the request of a legal firm with an interest in starting litigation. We the public funded this baseless research to the tune of £15 million and yet the findings are yet to be disclosed or published. That this public money was wasted in this way is the only remaining MMR scandal and yet nobody is being held accountable.

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