Location
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Start Date
16-4-2011 2:00 PM
End Date
16-4-2011 3:30 PM
Description
Our research was conducted on a Vaccine controversy which raised the question on ethics, morality, safety and effectiveness of vaccination on children. The case study we focused on was about a study done by Dr. Andrew Wakefield and twelve other Colleagues, which was published in a well know journal The Lancet. The study has recently been retracted because an investigation found that he failed to mention that his research of the MMR vaccine was funded through solicitors seeking evidence to use against vaccine manufactures (Deer, Brian). To conclude our research we compared the current vaccination rates with the rates after the report was published in the United Kingdom. Furthermore, we also compared the number of reported cases of measles in the United States from 1997 to 2010.
Keywords
Medicine – Research – Moral and ethical aspects; Medical ethics; Vaccination of children – Moral and ethical aspects; Vaccination of infants – Moral and ethical aspects
Disciplines
Bioethics and Medical Ethics | Diseases | Health Policy | Preventive Medicine | Public Health
Language
English
Included in
Bioethics and Medical Ethics Commons, Diseases Commons, Health Policy Commons, Preventive Medicine Commons, Public Health Commons
Vaccines controversy
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Our research was conducted on a Vaccine controversy which raised the question on ethics, morality, safety and effectiveness of vaccination on children. The case study we focused on was about a study done by Dr. Andrew Wakefield and twelve other Colleagues, which was published in a well know journal The Lancet. The study has recently been retracted because an investigation found that he failed to mention that his research of the MMR vaccine was funded through solicitors seeking evidence to use against vaccine manufactures (Deer, Brian). To conclude our research we compared the current vaccination rates with the rates after the report was published in the United Kingdom. Furthermore, we also compared the number of reported cases of measles in the United States from 1997 to 2010.