Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 16, 2026

A Luciferase-fluorescent Reporter Influenza Virus for Live Imaging and Quantification of Viral Infection
Published on: August 14, 2019
Physician attitudes towards influenza immunization and vaccine mandates
Jennifer E deSante1, Arthur Caplan, Frances Shofer
1University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. deSante@mail.med.upenn.edu
Aim:
We surveyed physicians' opinions and acceptance of influenza immunization.
Scope:
A web-based survey was sent to all physicians in two academic departments during spring 2009.
Results:
227 (40.5%) physicians responded. Physicians who frequently cared for high-risk patients self-reported higher immunization rates than physicians with infrequent contact (P=0.0002). There were no significant differences in immunization rates between emergency medicine (EM) and internal medicine (IM), between those with and without children at home, nor by age group. A majority (84.6%) supported mandatory vaccination. IM physicians were more supportive of mandates than EM physicians (P<0.0001).
Conclusion:
Self-reported immunization rates were high among study physicians. Acceptance of mandatory vaccination was substantial, but varied by specialty.
Related Concept Videos
Vaccinations
Influenza
Ethical Dilemmas I
Let us explore some examples to understand the potentially complex moral decisions nurses face.
Take the case of caring for minors, particularly in areas related to reproductive...
Obedience
Inhibitors of Viral Protein Synthesis
Ethics and Bioethics

