Ethical considerations surrounding vaccinations include the justification of animal testing, risk-benefit assessments of side effects versus disease, participant selection for trials, ethical implications of testing in endemic regions, and the debate over mandatory vaccination.
Ethical issues in vaccination include animal testing, balancing risk of side effects against disease risk, deciding who gets tested, ethical concerns about trialing vaccines in high-risk areas, and whether vaccination should be compulsory.
| Front | What are the ethical issues with vaccinations |
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| Back | Is it acceptable to test vaccinations on animals? Can the risk of side-effects be balanced against the risk of developing a disease that causes greater harm? Whom should the vaccine be tested on Is it acceptable to trial a vaccine with unknown health risk in a country where the targeted disease is common? Should the vaccine be compulsory? |
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