Mandating influenza vaccination for health care workers: Putting patients and professional ethics over personal preference

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 5757-5759

  Poland, Gregory A ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALLPOX;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 77955522551     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.07.057     Document Type: Editorial

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