Drs Lynne Fehrenbacher and Leah Leonard-Kandarapally join Ethics Talk to discuss key roles of infectious disease pharmacists in antimicrobial stewardship.
Raphael P. Viscidi, MD and Keerti V. Shah, MD, DrPH
The arguments for mandatory vaccination with human papillomavirus vaccine differs from the justification for mandatory use of vaccines that protect against more easily transmitted diseases.
Article explains the right granted to state public health agencies by the Supreme Court in Jacobson v Massachusetts to mandate vaccination in the presence of actual or threatened danger to the health of its residents from infectious disease.
The ongoing anthrax vaccination case, Doe v Rumsfeld, tests whether the military can require participation in and punish refusal of a vaccination program while waiving informed consent.
Dr Katherin M. Duthie joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Kathryn A. Dong: “How Should Risks and Benefits of Short-Acting Opioids Be Evaluated in the Care of Inpatients With OUD?”
Medical ethicists have discussed the use of race classification in determining disease prevalence and the response of specific ethnic groups to different medications.