A qualitative study to assess school nurses' views on vaccinating 12-13 year old school girls against human papillomavirus without parental consent

• Main Authors: Baxter David (Author), Elton Peter (Author), Roberts Stephen A (Author), McCann Rosemary (Author), Stretch Rebecca (Author), Brabin Loretta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In the UK, parental consent for the routine vaccination of 12-13 year olds schoolgirls against human papillomavirus (HPV) is recommended, although legally girls may be able to consent themselves. As part of a vaccine study conducted...