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A Complicated Case of Vaccine Refusal

Published:2020-10-01 Issue:4 Volume:146 Page:
ISSN:0031-4005
Container-title:Pediatrics
language:en
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Author:

Rossi Rebecca¹²,Rellosa Neil¹³⁴,Miller Robin¹⁵⁴,Schultz Corinna L.¹⁵⁴,Miller Jonathan M.¹⁶⁴,Berman Loren¹⁷,Miller Elissa G.¹²⁴

Affiliation:

1. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;

2. Palliative Medicine,

3. Divisions of Infectious Diseases,

4. Pediatrics, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware

5. Nemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders and

6. General Pediatrics, and

7. Departments of Surgery and

Abstract

Parents in the United States have a legal right to refuse vaccination for their children. There are, however, special circumstances under which the state may compel vaccination against parental wishes. In this Ethics Rounds article, we present the case of a young boy with sickle cell disease who was partially vaccinated against encapsulated bacteria and the ethics of whether to compel complete vaccination before splenectomy.

Publisher

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Subject

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Link

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-pdf/doi/10.1542/peds.2020-0768/1081236/peds_20200768.pdf

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