Research determined that while 50% percent of physicians recommend the HPV vaccine, if the patient illustrated risks, roughly 30% of physicians did not recommend the HPV vaccine or provide patients with vaccine information at an appropriate time (Gilkey, Malo, Shah, Hall, & Brewer, 2015). Physicians find it uncomfortable to recommend a vaccination that prevents a virus spread through sexual intercourse to the parents of ten to twelve-year-old children. Despite the discomfort, physicians should not allow age to defer them away from recommending vaccines that retain the ability to prevent cancer, and more importantly, death. In fact, “Only 38% of adolescent girls and 14% of adolescent boys complete the three-dose HPV vaccine series,” which translates
