Strong Beliefs About Vaccines Work Both Ways: To Protect Other Patients, Some Doctors Refuse to Treat Unvaccinated Children

Seeded on Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:38 PM EDT (ABC News)

According to a 2001 American Academy of Pediatrics survey, 23 percent of physicians reported that they "always" or "sometimes" tell parents they can no longer be the child's pediatrician if they won't get the proper shots.

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