A Scoping Review of Ethical Considerations of Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination of Healthcare Workers

IF 1.3 Q3 ETHICS
Constance Law, Tony Skapetis, Rohan Rodricks
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Duty of care is the core ethical responsibility of healthcare workers. Getting the workforce vaccinated will provide safety to the public, protect the vulnerable population and provide a safe working environment. While most agree that healthcare workers should be prioritised in the vaccination programme, mandatory vaccination remains a complicated and contentious issue with political, legal and ethical dimensions. This study aims to determine the ethical considerations associated with mandatory vaccinations among healthcare workers. A total of 152 abstracts were identified of which, 142 were excluded based on abstracts because they did not meet the inclusion criteria. The remaining ten articles were further evaluated with three articles that fit the inclusion criteria specifically discussing mandatory vaccination among healthcare workers and the ethical issues. Benefits, risks, effectiveness, equity and justice, autonomy, reciprocity and trust were used as a framework to discuss the ethical considerations which resonated both directly from the included papers, as well as more generally from the other literature associated with this search. There is limited literature on the topic of ethical considerations associated with COVID-19 mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers, as a systematic review identified only 3 papers. Benefits, risks, effectiveness, equity and justice, autonomy, reciprocity and trust were among the seven ethical considerations identified and discussed.

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医护人员强制接种新冠肺炎疫苗的伦理考虑范围综述
护理责任是医护人员的核心道德责任。让员工接种疫苗将为公众提供安全,保护弱势群体,并提供安全的工作环境。尽管大多数人都同意,在疫苗接种计划中应该优先考虑医护人员,但强制性疫苗接种仍然是一个复杂而有争议的问题,涉及政治、法律和道德层面。本研究旨在确定医护人员强制接种疫苗的伦理考虑因素。共确定了152篇摘要,其中142篇因不符合纳入标准而被排除在外。其余十篇文章进行了进一步评估,其中三篇文章符合纳入标准,专门讨论了医护人员的强制性疫苗接种和伦理问题。利益、风险、有效性、公平正义、自主性、互惠和信任被用作讨论伦理考虑的框架,这些伦理考虑直接来自所收录的论文,也更广泛地来自与本次搜索相关的其他文献。关于医护人员新冠肺炎强制接种疫苗的伦理考虑主题的文献有限,系统综述仅发现3篇论文。利益、风险、有效性、公平正义、自主性、互惠和信任是确定和讨论的七个道德考虑因素。
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6.20
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3.40%
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32
期刊介绍: Asian Bioethics Review (ABR) is an international academic journal, based in Asia, providing a forum to express and exchange original ideas on all aspects of bioethics, especially those relevant to the region. Published quarterly, the journal seeks to promote collaborative research among scholars in Asia or with an interest in Asia, as well as multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary bioethical studies more generally. It will appeal to all working on bioethical issues in biomedicine, healthcare, caregiving and patient support, genetics, law and governance, health systems and policy, science studies and research. ABR provides analyses, perspectives and insights into new approaches in bioethics, recent changes in biomedical law and policy, developments in capacity building and professional training, and voices or essays from a student’s perspective. The journal includes articles, research studies, target articles, case evaluations and commentaries. It also publishes book reviews and correspondence to the editor. ABR welcomes original papers from all countries, particularly those that relate to Asia. ABR is the flagship publication of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. The Centre for Biomedical Ethics is a collaborating centre on bioethics of the World Health Organization.
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