Why Is Informed Consent to Vaccination A Human Right?
by Barbara Loe Fisher
Civil liberties: they include the legal right to exercise freedom of thought, speech, conscience and religious belief.
Autonomy:
protection of autonomy and bodily integrity includes the human right to
exercise informed consent to medical risk taking.
What is informed consent?
Informed
consent means you have the legal right to be fully and accurately
informed about the benefits and risks of a medical intervention,
including a pharmaceutical product, and be free to make a voluntary
decision about whether to accept the risk for yourself or your minor
child without being coerced or punished for the decision you make...
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