Social justice in pandemic immunization policy: We’re all in this together
Policy decisions regarding immunization during a pandemic are informed by the ethical understandings of policy makers. With the possibility that a vaccine might soon be available to mitigate the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, policy makers can consider learnings from past pandemic immunization campaigns....
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0969733020983395 2023-05-15T16:16:01+02:00 Social justice in pandemic immunization policy: We’re all in this together Torrie, Carmen Yanicki, Sharon Sedgwick, Monique Howard, Lisa 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733020983395 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0969733020983395 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0969733020983395 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Nursing Ethics volume 28, issue 6, page 924-934 ISSN 0969-7330 1477-0989 Issues, ethics and legal aspects journal-article 2021 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733020983395 2022-04-14T04:49:59Z Policy decisions regarding immunization during a pandemic are informed by the ethical understandings of policy makers. With the possibility that a vaccine might soon be available to mitigate the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, policy makers can consider learnings from past pandemic immunization campaigns. This critical analysis of three policy decisions made in Alberta, Canada, during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic demonstrates the predominance of distributive justice principles and the problems that this created for vulnerable groups. Vulnerable groups identified in Alberta include rural and First Nations populations. We propose a social justice approach as a viable alternative to inform pandemic immunization policy and invite debate. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Canada Nursing Ethics 096973302098339 |
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Policy decisions regarding immunization during a pandemic are informed by the ethical understandings of policy makers. With the possibility that a vaccine might soon be available to mitigate the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, policy makers can consider learnings from past pandemic immunization campaigns. This critical analysis of three policy decisions made in Alberta, Canada, during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic demonstrates the predominance of distributive justice principles and the problems that this created for vulnerable groups. Vulnerable groups identified in Alberta include rural and First Nations populations. We propose a social justice approach as a viable alternative to inform pandemic immunization policy and invite debate. |
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Social justice in pandemic immunization policy: We’re all in this together |
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