Compulsory medical intervention versus external constraint in pandemic control.
J Med Ethics
; 2020 Aug 20.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-724340
ABSTRACT
Would compulsory treatment or vaccination for COVID-19 be justified? In England, there would be significant legal barriers to it. However, we offer a conditional ethical argument in favour of allowing compulsory treatment and vaccination, drawing on an ethical comparison with external constraints-such as quarantine, isolation and 'lockdown'-that have already been authorised to control the pandemic in this jurisdiction. We argue that, if the permissive English approach to external constraints for COVID-19 has been justified, then there is a case for a similarly permissive approach to compulsory medical interventions.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Medethics-2020-106435
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