| Description |
1 online resource (1 PDF file (xv, 126 pages)) |
| Series |
Palgrave studies in ethics and public policy |
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Palgrave studies in ethics and public policy.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1: Vaccination: Facts, Relevant Concepts, and Ethical Challenges -- Chapter 2: Vaccination and Herd Immunity: Individual, Collective, and Institutional Responsibilities -- Chapter 3: Vaccination Policy and the Principle of Least Restrictive Alternative: an Intervention Ladder -- Chapter 4: Fairness, Compulsory Vaccination, and Conscientious Objection |
| Summary |
This open access book discusses individual, collective, and institutional responsibilities with regard to vaccination from the perspective of philosophy and public health ethics. It addresses the issue of what it means for a collective to be morally responsible for the realisation of herd immunity and what the implications of collective responsibility are for individual and institutional responsibilities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 20, 2019) |
| Subject |
Mass Vaccination -- ethics.
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Communicable Disease Control.
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Vaccines.
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Bioethics.
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Ethics.
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Medicine -- Philosophy.
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Bioethics.
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Ethics.
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Medicine -- Philosophy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018960922 |
| ISBN |
3030020673 |
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3030020681 |
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9783030020675 |
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9783030020682 |
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