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What can physicians do to help educate and quell the fears of the parents and patients when discussing vaccinations? Taking a bit more time with them, explaining the facts and science of vaccinations, may more likely lead them to choose vaccination for their children.
The word "passive" derives from the Latin passivus, capable of suffering. From passivus came pati, to suffer, endure, from which we get "patient" (both the adjective and the noun). An opposing attorney will leap at an opportunity to paint a picture of a passive physician.
California state Senator and pediatrician Dr. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) has introduced multiple vaccination-related legislation during his tenure as Chair of the Senate Health Committee.