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Mikael Sandlund1, Ingemar Engström2, Anders Castor3
1Department of Clinical Science/Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Abstract:
While childhood vaccination programmes provide outstanding contributions to improving health, they can also pose challenges through the interactions between parents and healthcare. This paper focuses on the ethical dimensions of interactions between healthcare professionals and parents. Since the knowledge that professionals possess creates an asymmetrical relationship with parents, it can be helpful to analyse the situation from a power perspective. An example of ethical problem-solving using a simple model for discussing ethically difficult situations is demonstrated.
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