Bioterrorism and smallpox planning: information and voluntary vaccination
dc.contributor.author | Selgelid, M J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-23T05:22:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-23T05:22:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
dc.description.abstract | Although smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980, there are fears that stocks of the virus manufactured for military purposes by the Soviet Union may have fallen into the hands of "rogue nations" or terrorists. Worries about bioterrorism have thus sparked debate about whether or not the smallpox vaccine, which can be dangerous, should be offered to the general public. Meaningful public debate on this issue requires expert information about the likelihood that the virus will in fact be used as a weapon. Informed voluntary individual decision making, about whether to get vaccinated if vaccine is made available to the public, would similarly require appreciation of the likelihood of attack. Public deliberation and private deliberation thus both require briefing by the intelligence community. | en_AU |
dc.identifier.issn | 0306-6800 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/100872 | |
dc.publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | en_AU |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) | en_AU |
dc.source | Journal of Medical Ethics | en_AU |
dc.subject | health care and public health | en_AU |
dc.subject | war and human rights abuses | en_AU |
dc.subject | disclosure | en_AU |
dc.subject | humans | en_AU |
dc.subject | patient participation | en_AU |
dc.subject | public health practice | en_AU |
dc.subject | smallpox | en_AU |
dc.subject | smallpox vaccine | en_AU |
dc.subject | vaccination | en_AU |
dc.subject | bioterrorism | en_AU |
dc.title | Bioterrorism and smallpox planning: information and voluntary vaccination | en_AU |
dc.type | Journal article | en_AU |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 6 | en_AU |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 560 | en_AU |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 558 | en_AU |
local.contributor.affiliation | Selgelid, Michael, College of Arts and Social Sciences, CASS Research School of Social Sciences, School of Philosophy, The Australian National University | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoremail | michael.selgelid@monash.edu | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoruid | u4331118 | en_AU |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES. At the time of publication the author was affiliated with University of Sydney. | en_AU |
local.identifier.absfor | 220206 | en_AU |
local.identifier.absfor | 220106 | en_AU |
local.identifier.absfor | 160601 | en_AU |
local.identifier.ariespublication | a240288xPUB13 | en_AU |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 30 | en_AU |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1136/jme.2003.004176 | en_AU |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u3488905 | en_AU |
local.publisher.url | http://www.bmj.com/company/ | en_AU |
local.type.status | Published Version | en_AU |
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