Ethics of mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 45, 2013, Pages

  Galanakis, E ^a   Jansen, A ^b   Lopalco, P L ^b   Giesecke, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEASLES; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERTUSSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; VACCINATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84887376553     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.45.20627     Document Type: Article

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