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Covid-19 vaccination is an ethical minefield, even for doctors » MercatorNet – MercatorNet

In many Covid-19 related decision-making situations, decision makers face what is called in bioethics a “world of competing sorrows” — that is, decision making…

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The Covid-19 pandemic has raised a multitude of complex ethical issues and new ones present themselves daily. These issues, including those related to vaccination, arise at four levels:

  • micro or individual (for example, when a doctor vaccinates a patient);
  • meso or institutional (regarding, for instance, a hospitals or aged care residences policy on vaccinating staff);
  • macro or societal (a governments decisions or public health regulations governing distribution of vaccines and access to vaccination);…

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