The promise of the human papillomavirus vaccine does not confer immunity against ethical reflection. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The recent announcement of an experimental vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) has raised great hopes and expectations. Promising trial results, however, should not obscure ethical issues related to a vaccine's ultimate dissemination. Although lay media might view an HPV vaccine as a panacea, a more complicated ethical reality exists, touching upon public knowledge, health care disparities, and parental consent for childhood vaccination.

publication date

  • April 1, 2006

Research

keywords

  • Bioethical Issues
  • Papillomaviridae
  • Papillomavirus Infections
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines
  • Uterine Cervical Dysplasia
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
  • Viral Vaccines

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 33645754956

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1634/theoncologist.11-4-393

PubMed ID

  • 16614235

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 11

issue

  • 4