NEJM Interview: Douglas Opel on the importance of clinician–parent communication amid changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.

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Mar 25, 20269:26Religion & Spirituality

Douglas Opel is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.J. Opel and S.T. O’Le...

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