Ethics and immunization policy: Promoting dialogue to sustain consensus

Pediatrics

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1158-1164

  Feudtner, Chris ^a,b   Marcuse, Edgar K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Equity; Ethics; Health care policy; Immunization; Justice; Multi attribute decision analysis; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; PEDIATRICS; POLICY MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035023461     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.5.1158     Document Type: Article

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