Ethical evaluation of compulsory measles immunisation as a benchmark for good health management in the european union

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 183-186

  Schröder Bäck, Peter ^a   Brand, Helmut ^a   Escamilla, Ixhel ^g   Davies, John K ^b   Hall, Caroline ^b   Hickey, Kieran ^c   Jelastopulu, Eleni ^d   Mechtler, Reli ^e   Volf, Jaroslav ^f  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^e JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^f Permanent Mission of Czech Republic   (Switzerland)

^g BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compulsion; Ethics; European union; Immunisation; Measles

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649087946     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3564     Document Type: Article

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