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URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-230701
DOI: 10.25656/01:23070; 10.17899/ON_ED.2020.8.2
URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-230701
DOI: 10.25656/01:23070; 10.17899/ON_ED.2020.8.2
| Title |
The ethical obligation to vaccinate children and its policy implications |
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| Author |
Bester, Johan C.  |
| Source | on education. Journal for research and debate 3 (2020) 8, 5 S.  |
| Document | full text (285 KB) |
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| Keywords (German) | Eltern; Kind; Schutzimpfung; Immunisierung; Pflicht; Prävention; Gesundheitspolitik; Medizinische Ethik; Kinderheilkunde; Ethik; Gesellschaft; Entscheidung; Rechtsgrundlage; Bildung; Vertrauen |
| sub-discipline | Philosophy of Education |
| Document type | Article (journal) |
| ISSN | 2571-7855; 25717855 |
| Language | English |
| Year of creation | 2020 |
| review status | Publishing House Lectorship |
| Abstract (English): | The vaccination of children has unique ethical implications. This article examines the ethics of childhood vaccination from two different perspectives. First, vaccination is approached as a preventive medical decision involving a child, using the ethical framework of medical decision-making for children. Second, vaccination is considered from a social and societal perspective, drawing on arguments from justice. From both these perspectives it is apparent that an ethical obligation exists to protect children against vaccine-preventable diseases by the appropriate use of vaccination. These ethical considerations have implications for policy, and in the paper a three-tiered approach to vaccination policy is defended: judicious use of mandatory policies, educational interventions, and building of trust. (DIPF/Orig.) |
| other articles of this journal | on education. Journal for research and debate Jahr: 2020 |
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| Date of publication | 13.05.2024 |
| Citation | Bester, Johan C.: The ethical obligation to vaccinate children and its policy implications - In: on education. Journal for research and debate 3 (2020) 8, 5 S. - URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-230701 - DOI: 10.25656/01:23070; 10.17899/ON_ED.2020.8.2 |
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