Mandatory vaccination: understanding the common good in the midst of the global polio eradication campaign
Abstract Background The detection of wild poliovirus in Israeli sewage in May 2013 led the health authorities to vaccinate children with OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine). Shelly Kamin-Friedman explored the legal and ethical dimensions of this policy. This commentary makes three claims: (1) Mandatory vaccina...
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Main Author: | Lawrence O. Gostin (Author) |
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