UDC 17:614.4
https://doi.org/10.20339/AM.01-22.102
Konstantin V. Zorin,
PhD of Medical sciences, assistant Professor at the Department of UNESCO
“Healthy lifestyle is the key to successful development”
at A.I. Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry,
e-mail: zkv1000@yandex.ru,
ORCID: 0000-0001-8819-6818
The author analyzes the social and ethical problems associated with vaccination against COVID-19. The following research methods were used in the work: study and analysis of special literature, synthesis, modeling, comparison, generalization, observation, system analysis and theoretical knowledge. It was concluded that the violation of the basic principles of voluntariness and awareness, as well as the lack of proper control of the quality, efficacy and safety of vaccines, reduce public confidence in vaccination in general. The article contains a number of social and ethical recommendations that must be kept in mind when vaccinating the population.
Key words: higher medical education; social and ethical problems; vaccination against COVID-19.
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