title: Personal Beliefs Exemption from Mandatory Immunization of Children for School Entry.
abstract: Requiring immunization for school attendance greatly reduced morbidity and mortality in children over the past seven decades but is now highly controversial. This two-part exercise on the implementation of a "personal belief" exemption allows students to examine constitutional questions as well as legislation and regulations as they affect public health and school officials.
authors.affiliation: Holds the rank of University Professor, is the holder of the Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics in the Gould School of Law, is a Professor of Medicine and Law in the Keck School of Medicine, the Co-Director of the Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics, and the Co-PI of the Health Systems Improvement Collaborative at the University of Southern California.
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Capron
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D011634:Public Health; D012574:Schools; D014611:Vaccination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*