The ethics of vaccination

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 a...

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Main Author: Giubilini, Alberto
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Pivot [2019], 2019
Series:Palgrave studies in ethics and public policy
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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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
Physical Description:1 PDF file (xv, 126 pages)
ISBN:9783030020682
9783030020675