How the Weight of the Ethical Arguments Depends on the Empirical "Facts"

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 53-55

  Marckmann, Georg ^a   Sanktjohanser, Anna M ^b   Wicker, Sabine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MASS VACCINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84883469075     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2013.813605     Document Type: Article

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