Who's afraid of the HPV vaccine?
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 11:22
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study concludes that people tend to match their risk perceptions about policy issues with their cultural values, which may explain the intense disagreement about proposals to vaccinate elementary-school girls against human-papillomavirus (HPV). The study also says people's values shape their perceptions of expert opinion on the vaccine...