Law, ethics, and public health in the vaccination debates: Politics of the measles outbreak

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1099-1100

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

AUTISM; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMALLPOX; ETHICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PARENT; PATIENT RIGHT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; INFORMED CONSENT; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; PARENTS; PATIENT RIGHTS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84925883831     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.1518     Document Type: Note

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