The American Academy of Pediatrics strongly endorses universal immunization. However,
for childhood immunization programs to be successful, parents must comply with
immunization recommendations. The problem of parental refusal of immunization for
children is an important one for pediatricians. The goal of this report is to assist pediatricians
in understanding the reasons parents may have for refusing to immunize their children,
review the limited circumstances under which parental refusals should be referred to child …