02425nam a22002417a 4500008004100000020001800041040000800059041000800067050002300075245012000098260004500218300003100263490002000294520157300314650003101887650002501918655002701943700004701970700004902017942000802066952009402074999001502168250516b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780262544122  ctbs  aeng  aRA638b.V2982 2017  aVaccination ethics and policyb: an introduction with readingsc/ edited by Jason L. Schwartz and Arthur L. Caplan.  aCambridge, MA : bThe MIT Press, c2017.  axxii, 432 pages ; c24 cm.  aBasic bioethics  aA 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. 0aVaccinationxEthics925258 0aHealth policy925259 0aCollected works925260  aSchwartz, Jason qJason Lee925256eeditor  aCaplan, Arthur L.cCaplan, Arthur L.eeditor  2lcc  00102lcc4070aTBSbTBSd2025-05-16l0oRA638 SCHpB05753r2025-05-16t1w2025-05-16y1  c4674d4674