Should routine childhood immunizations be compulsory?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 392-396

  Isaacs, D ^a   Kilham, H A ^a   Marshall, H ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio ethics; Coercion; Ethics; No fault compensation

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

AUSTRALIA; CHICKENPOX; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD REARING; COMMUNITY CARE; DEATH; DIPHTHERIA; ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; IRRITABILITY; MEASLES; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEW ZEALAND; PATERNALISM; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RUBELLA; SMALLPOX; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOETHICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COERCION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; PARENTAL CONSENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142717289     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00399.x     Document Type: Review

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