Moral Distress and Involuntary COVID-19 Vaccination of a Mature Minor Receiving Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment.

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Journal of Clinical Ethics Pub Date : 2022-01-01

Brent M Kious, Toni Hesse, Philip L Baese

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Abstract

Mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 is a highly controversial issue, and many members of the public oppose it on the grounds that they should be free to determine what happens to their own body. Opinion has generally favored parental authority with respect to vaccination of children, but less attention has been paid to the ethical complexities of how to respond when mature minors refuse vaccination that is requested by their parents. We present a case in which an mature minor, who was psychiatrically hospitalized, refused vaccination that had been requested by her parents, which lead to significant moral distress for her caregivers.

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一名住院精神病治疗的成年未成年人的道德困境与非自愿接种COVID-19

强制接种COVID-19疫苗是一个极具争议的问题，许多公众反对这一问题，理由是他们应该自由决定自己的身体会发生什么。在儿童接种疫苗方面，舆论普遍倾向于父母权威，但当成年未成年人拒绝父母要求的疫苗接种时，如何应对的伦理复杂性却很少受到关注。我们提出的一个案例中，一个成熟的未成年人，谁是精神病院，拒绝接种疫苗，曾要求她的父母，这导致重大的道德困扰，她的照顾者。

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Journal of Clinical Ethics Medicine-Medicine (all)

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1.40

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Clinical Ethics is written for and by physicians, nurses, attorneys, clergy, ethicists, and others whose decisions directly affect patients. More than 70 percent of the articles are authored or co-authored by physicians. JCE is a double-blinded, peer-reviewed journal indexed in PubMed, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, and other indexes.