02325nam a22002297a 4500 250516b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780262544122 tbs eng RA638 .V2982 2017 Vaccination ethics and policy : an introduction with readings / edited by Jason L. Schwartz and Arthur L. Caplan. Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2017. xxii, 432 pages ; 24 cm. Basic bioethics A comprehensive overview of important and contested issues in vaccination ethics and policy by experts from history, science, policy, law, and ethics. Vaccination has long been a familiar, highly effective form of medicine and a triumph of public health. Because vaccination is both an individual medical intervention and a central component of public health efforts, it raises a distinct set of legal and ethical issues—from debates over their risks and benefits to the use of government vaccination requirements—and makes vaccine policymaking uniquely challenging. This volume examines the full range of ethical and policy issues related to the development and use of vaccines in the United States and around the world. Forty essays, articles, and reports by experts in the field look at all aspects of the vaccine life cycle. After an overview of vaccine history, they consider research and development, regulation and safety, vaccination promotion and requirements, pandemics and bioterrorism, and the frontier of vaccination. The texts cover such topics as vaccine safety controversies; the ethics of vaccine trials; vaccine injury compensation; vaccine refusal and the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases; equitable access to vaccines in emergencies; lessons from the eradication of smallpox; and possible future vaccines against cancer, malaria, and Ebola. The volume intentionally includes texts that take opposing viewpoints, offering readers a range of arguments. The book will be an essential reference for professionals, scholars, and students. Vaccination Ethics 25258 Health policy 25259 Collected works 25260 Schwartz, Jason Jason Lee 25256 editor Caplan, Arthur L. Caplan, Arthur L. editor lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2025-05-16 0 RA638 SCH B05753 2025-05-16 1 2025-05-16 1 4674 4674