Personal Beliefs Exemption from Mandatory Immunization of Children for School Entry.

CALIFORNIA; UNITED States

Requiring immunization for school attendance greatly reduced morbidity and mortality in children over the past seven decades but is now highly controversial. This two-part exercise on the implementation of a 'personal belief' exemption allows students to examine constitutional questions as well as legislation and regulations as they affect public health and school officials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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