"Yes, I do accept patients who don't immunize. My
opinion is that every child and their parents deserve the best
pediatric care available. My job is to educate. If those are their
beliefs, I don't hold it against them." — Kenneth Saul, MD, FAAP.
Thousand Oaks, CA.
"We
are very, very pro-vaccination. All of our vaccines are
thimerosal-free. I try to do all I can to convince parents that they
are taking a much greater chance not vaccinating than they are doing
with vaccines. We do have a handful of parents who, despite our best
efforts, choose not to vaccinate. We continue to see those children,
but we insist that the parents sign a waiver we have indicating that we
are 'agreeing to disagree' on this issue and having them accept full
responsibility should their child contract one of the diseases in
question." — John W. Waidner, MD, FAAP. Jacksonville FL.
"We do not accept parents who totally refuse to vaccinate; however,
we have parents who customize their children's vaccination schedule." —
Andrzej Klos, MD, FAAP. Hoboken, NJ.
To
obtain these results, Babble randomly called 300 AAP-approved pediatricians
in 50 states, then tallied the answers of the 20 who called back. Pediatrician Poll appears in Strollerderby every Friday.
