Prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination. The added value of the 'VALIDATE' approach
| Autor: | Pietro Refolo, Bart Bloemen, Barbara Corsano, John Grin, Iñaki Gutierrez-Ibarluzea, Bjørn Hofmann, Wija Oortwijn, Laura Sampietro-Colom, Lars Sandman, Gert Jan van der Wilt, Dario Sacchini |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Transnational Configurations, Conflict and Governance (AISSR, FMG) |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Ethics
Prioritization Italian COVID-19 vaccination program COVID-19 Vaccines Health Policy Science Vaccination Stress-related disorders Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 13] COVID-19 Settore MED/43 - MEDICINA LEGALE All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center lnfectious Diseases and Global Health Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 4] Humans Vaccine Pandemics |
| Zdroj: | Health Policy, 126, 770-776 Health Policy, 126, 8, pp. 770-776 Health Policy, 126(8), 770-776. Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1872-6054 0168-8510 |
| Popis: | Prioritization of COVID-19 vaccines is one of the most relevant topics in the current pandemic emergency. Prioritization decisions are political decisions that are value-laden, and as such of ethical nature. Despite the clear political and ethical nature of this topic, prioritization decisions are often interpreted and presented as scientific decisions. The aim of this article is twofold. First, we aim to show critical points that characterize certain pandemic vaccination plans from the ethical viewpoint using four dimensions (problem definitions, incorporation of different perspectives, context, and specification). The four dimensions were drawn from findings of the European project “VALIDATE” (VALues In Doing Assessments of healthcare TEchnologies”, https://validatehta.eu). Second, we aim to reframe the issue about prioritization itself in the light of the four dimensions mentioned. Our conclusion is that policy-problem definitions, incorporation of different perspectives, contextual considerations and specification of moral principles seem to be common critical points of some vaccination plan documents. The European project “VALIDATE” seems to be able to provide a useful and profitable approach to address many of these critical points. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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