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- Title
Assessing mandatory HPV vaccination: who should call the shots?
- Authors
Javitt, Gail; Berkowitz, Deena; Gostin, Lawrence O
- Abstract
In 2007, many legislatures considered, and two enacted, bills mandating HPV vaccination for young girls as a condition of school attendance. Such mandates raise significant legal, ethical, and social concerns. This paper argues that mandating HPV vaccination for minor females is premature since long-term safety and effectiveness of the vaccine has not been established, HPV does not pose imminent and significant risk of harm to others, a sex specific mandate raises constitutional concerns, and a mandate will burden financially existing government health programs and private physicians. Absent careful consideration and public conversation, HPV mandates may undermine coverage rates for other vaccines.
- Publication
The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2008, Vol 36, Issue 2, p384
- ISSN
1073-1105
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.00282.x