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An Ethical Framework This 10 page paper explores the ethical controversy surrounding mandatory vaccination to prevent cervical cancer. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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one of the most concerning conditions affecting young women today (Caron, Kispert, and McGrath, 2009). Recent research reveals that a seventy percent of all cervical cancers are attributable to
infection with the human papilloma virus (Ramirez, 2007). It is important to emphasize however, that HPV comes in over 100 different types and that only 30 of these types
are sexually transmitted (Caron, Kispert, and McGrath, 2009). In June 2006 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a vaccine that has proven effective in preventing the contraction of
two specific types (types 16 and 18) of this virus by young girls (Caron, Kispert, and McGrath, 2009). Contraceptive Technology Update (2007) clarifies that the approval has been accompanied
by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Family of Physicians publication of the Childhood Immunization
Schedule that recommends "routine use of the vaccine for females ages 11-12, and permissive use of the vaccine in females as early as age 9 and up to age 26".
Produced by Merck Pharmaceutical, this vaccine is known as Gardasil. The drug is expected to bring in between $2 and $4 billion a year in sales (Maurer, 2007).
Gardasil, however, is at the center of considerable controversy as many in our society object to the mandatory inoculation in school age girls contending that not only is it morally
wrong but that it is premature in that potential complications associated with the vaccine have not yet been adequately explored (Dixon, 2007). The intent of this paper is
to explore the controversy surrounding this disease and the vaccine. The paper will include my personal ethical framework integrated into the ethical dilemma and the legal parameters. A
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