Personal Beliefs Exemption from Mandatory Immunization of Children for School Entry.
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Requiring immunization for school attendance greatly reduced morbidity and mortality in children over the past seven decades but is now highly controversial. This two-part exercise on the implementation of a "personal belief" exemption allows students to examine constitutional questions as well as legislation and regulations as they affect public health and school officials.
منابع مشابه
A statement regarding personal belief exemption from immunization mandates: from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, March 2011.
The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society is the world’s largest organization of individuals dedicated to the treatment, control, and eradication of infectious diseases in children. As such, and given the background and rationale outlined below, the society opposes any legislation or regulation that would allow children to be exempted from mandatory immunizations based simply on their parents’,...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
دوره 43 Suppl 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015