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Reframes vaccine hesitancy as a crisis of public trust rather than a war on science.

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Centering much of her discussion on the vital issue of trust--indeed, on a 'crisis of trust' in current social structures and medical practices, and on the fragile status of expertise, even of 'facts'--Maya Goldenberg argues convincingly for a 'dialogical' understanding of trust. This is a concept and a practice for which cooperation becomes a fundamental epistemic value, and epistemic responsibility is a guiding principle. --Lorraine Code, York University In 2019, The World Health Organization declared vaccine hesitancy one of the top ten global health threats. How should the phenomenon be understood? Vaccine Hesitancy is a timely response to this pressing issue. Lucidly written, rigorously argued, and comprehensive in scope, Maya Goldenberg's book demonstrates the value of philosophical analysis to contemporary debates. It deserves a wide audience and is essential reading for anyone engaged in public health and medicine. In light of COVID-19, this would include all of us. --Ross Upshur, University of Toronto Vaccine Hesitancy is a refreshing reconsideration of how we frame and might reframe public debate about vaccines and vaccination. Maya Goldenberg's argument--that at the foundation of today's vaccine controversies is a public mistrust of science, not a public misunderstanding of science--offers an important point of view in the larger contemporary debate about vaccine hesitancy. Her book is original and compelling, providing a unique perspective on a topic in urgent need of more critical scholarly attention. --Elena Conis, author of Vaccine Nation: America's Changing Relationship with Immunization

Maya Goldenberg's timely and well-argued book. . . . provides tools for understanding why rational people might reject policy informed by science. Addressing values directly rather than through the proxy of science means tackling the polarization that creates an environment dangerous for democracy. Goldenberg offers some practical first steps for addressing childhood vaccine hesitancy and in this way also suggests what further work needs to be done if we are to have successful public policy informed by science. --Philosophy of Science Goldenberg presents a fascinating discussion of the complexity of and interrelationships among the myriad factors that result in vaccine hesitancy and refusal. She effectively refutes the idea that such behaviors stem from an inability to understand the science behind vaccines. Rather, she posits that science and public health practitioners should understand that what she terms a 'crisis of trust' is the axis around which public skepticism revolves. . . . Highly recommended. --CHOICE Centering much of her discussion on the vital issue of trust--indeed, on a 'crisis of trust' in current social structures and medical practices, and on the fragile status of expertise, even of 'facts'--Maya Goldenberg argues convincingly for a 'dialogical' understanding of trust. This is a concept and a practice for which cooperation becomes a fundamental epistemic value, and epistemic responsibility is a guiding principle. --Lorraine Code, York University In 2019, The World Health Organization declared vaccine hesitancy one of the top ten global health threats. How should the phenomenon be understood? Vaccine Hesitancy is a timely response to this pressing issue. Lucidly written, rigorously argued, and comprehensive in scope, Maya Goldenberg's book demonstrates the value of philosophical analysis to contemporary debates. It deserves a wide audience and is essential reading for anyone engaged in public health and medicine. In light of COVID-19, this would include all of us. --Ross Upshur, University of Toronto Vaccine Hesitancy is a refreshing reconsideration of how we frame and might reframe public debate about vaccines and vaccination. Maya Goldenberg's argument--that at the foundation of today's vaccine controversies is a public mistrust of science, not a public misunderstanding of science--offers an important point of view in the larger contemporary debate about vaccine hesitancy. Her book is original and compelling, providing a unique perspective on a topic in urgent need of more critical scholarly attention. --Elena Conis, author of Vaccine Nation: America's Changing Relationship with Immunization Goldenberg's . . . remarkable views and sophisticated approach . . . emerge from the literature. --HOPOS With the steady increase in COVID-19 vaccine supplies, hesitancy and refusal to be vaccinated is becoming a problem for high vaccine coverage in many parts of the world. In her book Vaccine Hesitancy: Public Trust, Expertise, and the War on Science, philosopher Maya Goldenberg provides insights into vaccine hesitancy, its genesis, rationale, and potential solutions using a multi-disciplinary approach to ground the arguments. --The Lancet

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Maya J. Goldenberg is associate professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. Her research centers on the philosophy of science and medicine, with interest in the connection between science and values.

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