Utrecht University
Department for Philosophy and Religious Studies
PhD, 1998
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics
Normative Ethics
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics
Normative Ethics
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    The Steward of the Millian State
    Public Health Ethics 1 (3): 193-195. 2008.
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    Public Health: Beyond the Role of the State
    Public Health Ethics 8 (1): 1-3. 2015.
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    Personal Health Monitoring and Human Interaction
    American Journal of Bioethics 12 (9): 47-48. 2012.
    The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 12, Issue 9, Page 47-48, September 2012
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    Many nursing homes have an influenza vaccination policy in which it is assumed that express (proxy) consent is not necessary. Tacit consent procedures are more efficient if one aims at high vaccination rates. In this paper I focus on incompetent residents and proxy consent. Tacit proxy consent for vaccination implies a deviance of standard proxy consent requirements. I analyse several arguments that may possibly support such a deviance. The primary reason to offer influenza vaccination is that v…Read more