Ethics of Denying Health Care to the Unvaccinated
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The subject of healthcare delivery to unvaccinated populations has recently been a hotly debated topic with reports of clinicians denying services to individuals on the basis of their vaccination status.
The subject of healthcare delivery to unvaccinated populations has recently been a hotly debated topic with reports of clinicians denying services to individuals on the basis of their vaccination status. This video examines this issue through the lens of the four main principles of biomedical ethics: autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. Each principle is briefly explained and subsequently applied to the topic of the denial of healthcare services to unvaccinated people.
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