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Curr Opin Virol. 2011 Oct;1(4):263-267. Epub 2011 Jun 16.
Ethics of vaccination programs.
Schwartz JL, Caplan AL.
Source
Center for Bioethics, Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 3401 Market Street, Suite 320, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Abstract
Ethical issues are present at each stage in the vaccine product life cycle, the period extending from the earliest stages of research through the eventual design and implementation of global vaccination programs. Recent developments highlight fundamental principles of vaccine ethics and raise unique issues for ongoing vaccination activities worldwide. These include the 2009-10 H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccination campaign, renewed attention to the potential global eradication of polio, and the ongoing evaluation of vaccine risk controversies, most notably the alleged link between childhood vaccines and autism. These cases present ethical challenges for public health policy-makers, scientists, physicians, and other stakeholders in their efforts to improve the health of individuals, communities, and nations through vaccination.
Copyright ? 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PMID:
22440783
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22440783
Ethics of vaccination programs.
Schwartz JL, Caplan AL.
Source
Center for Bioethics, Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 3401 Market Street, Suite 320, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Abstract
Ethical issues are present at each stage in the vaccine product life cycle, the period extending from the earliest stages of research through the eventual design and implementation of global vaccination programs. Recent developments highlight fundamental principles of vaccine ethics and raise unique issues for ongoing vaccination activities worldwide. These include the 2009-10 H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccination campaign, renewed attention to the potential global eradication of polio, and the ongoing evaluation of vaccine risk controversies, most notably the alleged link between childhood vaccines and autism. These cases present ethical challenges for public health policy-makers, scientists, physicians, and other stakeholders in their efforts to improve the health of individuals, communities, and nations through vaccination.
Copyright ? 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PMID:
22440783
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22440783