Adding justice to the clinical and public health ethics arguments for mandatory seasonal influenza immunisation for healthcare workers

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 682-686

  Lee, Lisa M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASON; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84938557646     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2014-102557     Document Type: Article

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