Doctors choosing not to be vaccinated is choosing to do harm

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7831, 2011, Pages 994-

  Behrman, Amy J ^a   Caplan, Arthur L ^a   Coffin, Susan E ^a   Fishman, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LETTER; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 81055134787     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7198     Document Type: Letter

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