Engelsk titel: Ethical dilemmas associated with vaccination against HPV
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Författare:
Oscarsson, Marie Gunnel
Email: marie.oscarsson@lnu.se.
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 45
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16033444
Sammanfattning
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the world´s most common sexually
transmitted infections. HPV can cause cell changes and cervical cancer in
women, but the virus is also one of the causes of anal, head and neck cancer.
Several problem areas have been identified in connection with the introduction
of the HPV vaccination in the childhood immunisation programme. One
problem is the difficulty to obtain informed consent for HPV vaccination. From
a gender perspective, it is a problem that only girls are offered the HPV vaccination
in the childhood vaccination programme. By only vaccinating girls,
the image of girls being carriers is stigmatised. Boys do not have access to
free vaccinations, although they are carriers of HPV and may get cancer. By
excluding boys from the general vaccination programme, vulnerable groups
are discriminated against, for example, men who have sex with men.