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Immunization
Research on immunization published by scientists at Mayo Clinic
December 10th, 2008
"The threat of nosocomial transmission of seasonal flu is real and well documented," scientists writing in the journal Vaccine report. "Despite decades of concerted and sustained efforts at voluntary vaccination, healthcare institutions have failed to achieve sustained high-level annual vaccination rates. By considering basic principles of biomedical ethics in which welfare concerns outweigh concerns about autonomy, and by examining the virtues of the heating professions and the derivative institutional obligations we argue that healthcare institutions have an obligation to achieve adequate vaccination rates including, if necessary, mandatory vaccination," wrote...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-12-10)
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