Abstract
Today the ethical aspect became the cornerstone of all public discussion defining the success of vaccination all over the world. This situation had a basic influence on formatting the modern normative regulation connected with vaccination by the inclusion of the universal ethical principals in the legislative concept. It is also extremely important to reach an understanding and recognition of these fundamental bases among responsible professional community and public society in general. Another significant impact is also to get harmonization and solidarity between existing national legislation and international ones. These provisions defined the main objective of this article to analyze the role and value of the ethical component in the current legislation in the Russian Federation connected with vaccination. First, the significance of universal ethical principles in the process of vaccine’s R&D and practical vaccination is presented (Chapter I). Secondary, the legal system of the Russian Federation is analyzed considering the compliance and the possibility of executing various ethical standards (Chapter II). Third, the author’s research based on a questionnaire survey held among the various categories responsible for vaccination, an imbalance of knowledge, and the implementation of basic ethical-normative principles are shown (Chapter III). The main conclusion of the article is the confirmation of the compliance between Russian legislation and the universal principles of bioethics. At the same time, there is an urgent need for education and awareness in order to improve the scientific and practical achievements of vaccination and to get the real adaptation of an ethical concept among professional society, as well as to reach the public trust.
Highlights
The main ethical challenges are associated with the vaccination, due to the need to overcome the conflict between the interests of the individual and society, accessibility, benefit/risk proportion, the principle of patients’ voluntary involvement, information awareness, and respect to the personal autonomy
Situations requiring the application of these universal ethical principles arise throughout the vaccination process, from the development of vaccines to their practical use
The ethical concept of vaccination is in the field of view of leading international organizations such as WHO, CDC, UNESCO, which is widely represented in the literature and MEDIA and is one of the essential subjects of discussion between the civil and scientific community, the government, and religious denominations1
Summary
Today the ethical aspect became the cornerstone of all public discussion defining the success of vaccination all over the world This situation had a basic influence on formatting the modern normative regulation connected with vaccination by the inclusion of the universal ethical principals in the legislative concept. It is extremely important to reach an understanding and recognition of these fundamental bases among responsible professional community and public society in general Another significant impact is to get harmonization and solidarity between existing national legislation and international ones. These provisions defined the main objective of this article to analyze the role and value of the ethical component in the current legislation in the Russian Federation connected with vaccination.
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