Bioterrorism and smallpox planning: information and voluntary vaccination

dc.contributor.authorSelgelid, M J
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-23T05:22:47Z
dc.date.available2016-03-23T05:22:47Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractAlthough 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.issn0306-6800en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/100872
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Groupen_AU
dc.rights© The Author(s)en_AU
dc.sourceJournal of Medical Ethicsen_AU
dc.subjecthealth care and public healthen_AU
dc.subjectwar and human rights abusesen_AU
dc.subjectdisclosureen_AU
dc.subjecthumansen_AU
dc.subjectpatient participationen_AU
dc.subjectpublic health practiceen_AU
dc.subjectsmallpoxen_AU
dc.subjectsmallpox vaccineen_AU
dc.subjectvaccinationen_AU
dc.subjectbioterrorismen_AU
dc.titleBioterrorism and smallpox planning: information and voluntary vaccinationen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue6en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage560en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage558en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSelgelid, Michael, College of Arts and Social Sciences, CASS Research School of Social Sciences, School of Philosophy, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailmichael.selgelid@monash.eduen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu4331118en_AU
local.description.notesImported from ARIES. At the time of publication the author was affiliated with University of Sydney.en_AU
local.identifier.absfor220206en_AU
local.identifier.absfor220106en_AU
local.identifier.absfor160601en_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa240288xPUB13en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume30en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1136/jme.2003.004176en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu3488905en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.bmj.com/company/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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