Action to Vaccine Immunity: The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act and Its Consequences
Chapter 4 of Looking Back to Move Forward: Resolving Health & Environmental Crises
Hampden T. Macbeth, a Staff Attorney at the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at the New York University (NYU) School of Law, analyzes the forces that led to the adoption of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) in 1986/1987 and its mixed tradition.