Ethical Dilemmas in Developing a Vaccine to Prevent COVID-19: The Perspective of Jewish Ethics
In March 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and there was a worldwide race to find an effective drug and/or vaccine. I present the Jewish ethical approach to two quandaries facing researchers: What is the acceptable degree of risk to the sick and to the healthy volunteers who participate in...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge
2022
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Theology and science
Année: 2022, Volume: 20, Numéro: 4, Pages: 416-427 |
| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaïsme NCH Éthique médicale TK Époque contemporaine |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Covid-19
B Vaccine B Clinical Trials B Jewish medical ethics |
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| Résumé: | In March 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and there was a worldwide race to find an effective drug and/or vaccine. I present the Jewish ethical approach to two quandaries facing researchers: What is the acceptable degree of risk to the sick and to the healthy volunteers who participate in tests of an experimental vaccine? Is it permissible for a healthy person to volunteer for clinical trials? My conclusions are that a higher degree of risk is permissible in life-threatening situations, and it is right and proper that healthy people may volunteer even it involves exposing themselves to danger. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2022.2124479 |