When Adolescents Disagree with Their Vaccine-Hesitant Parents about COVID-19 Vaccination

This article discusses parental vaccine hesitancy and argues that permitting independent adolescent consent to COVID-19 vaccination should be an ethical and policy priority as we continue to confront the threat of Omicron and other variants of the coronavirus. We discuss the central role of the pediatric healthcare team in caring for adolescent patients who disagree with their parents about vaccination.PMID:37229735 | DOI:10.1086/724746
Source: Journal of Clinical Ethics - Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Source Type: research