Nudges or mandates? The ethics of mandatory flu vaccination

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 2530-2535

  Dubov, Alex ^a,b   Phung, Connie ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Choice architecture; Healthcare professionals; Influenza vaccination; Vaccination mandates

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AMBIGUITY; AVERSION; COGNITIVE BIAS; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HOSPICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VACCINATION;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84928824929     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.03.048     Document Type: Review

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