Influenza vaccination in Dutch nursing homes: Is tacit consent morally justified?

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-95

  Verweij, M F ^a   van den Hoven, M A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethics; Influenza vaccination; Informed consent; Nursing homes; Tacit consent

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORALITY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGED; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; VACCINATION;

EID: 17544365555     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-004-0837-8     Document Type: Article

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