Vaccines - But not as we know them: An ethical evaluation of HPV vaccination policy in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-179

  Rae, Merelyn ^a   Kerridge, Ian ^b,c  

^a Family Planning New South Wales   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Ethics; Mass vaccination; Papillomavirus vaccines; Public health; Public policy

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959882689     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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