Influenza vaccination in the elderly: Is a trial on mortality ethically acceptable?

Ruud Andreas Fritz Verhees; Wybo Dondorp; Carel Thijs; Geert Jan Dinant; Johannes Andreas Knottnerus

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.04.027

Influenza vaccination in the elderly: Is a trial on mortality ethically acceptable?

Ruud Andreas Fritz Verhees^*, Wybo Dondorp, Carel Thijs, Geert Jan Dinant, Johannes Andreas Knottnerus

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2991-2997
Number of pages	7
Journal	Vaccine
Volume	36
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.04.027
Publication status	Published - 17 May 2018

Keywords

Ethics
Randomized clinical trial
Placebo
Influenza
Vaccination
Elderly
Mortality
HIGH-RISK PATIENTS
SEASONAL INFLUENZA
IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS
MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION
GENERAL-PRACTITIONERS
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
OLDER-PEOPLE
METAANALYSIS
ADULTS
ATTITUDES

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