Including Public Health Content in a Bioethics and Law Course: Vaccine Exemptions, Tort Liability, and Public Health

Mary Crossley

doi:10.1111/jlme.12263

Including Public Health Content in a Bioethics and Law Course: Vaccine Exemptions, Tort Liability, and Public Health

J Law Med Ethics. 2015 Summer:43 Suppl 2:22-32. doi: 10.1111/jlme.12263.

Author

Mary Crossley¹

Affiliation

¹ Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Law, where she teaches courses on Bioethics, Health Care & Civil Rights, Family Law, and Torts.

PMID: 26243068
DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12263

Abstract

Incorporating public health content in a bioethics and law course can prompt rich discussions. This set of materials on mandatory vaccinations, nonmedical exemptions, and potential tort liability for nonvaccination explores the roles of public health law and tort law in advancing social goals and protecting individual rights and interests.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bioethics / education*
Humans
Liability, Legal*
Problem-Based Learning
Public Health Administration / legislation & jurisprudence*
United States
Vaccination / legislation & jurisprudence*