Ethical analyses of institutional measures to increase health care worker influenza vaccination rates

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 52, 2013, Pages 6172-6176

  Zimmerman, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical analysis; Health care worker; Influenza vaccine; Mandate

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HONESTY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL ETHICS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SOCIOBIOLOGY; VACCINATION;

ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE WORKER; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MANDATE;

CROSS INFECTION; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; VACCINATION;

EID: 84888429435     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.10.066     Document Type: Review

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