Admission without consent and treatment without consent are topics of prolonged discussion throughout the history of psychiatry. These practices raise significant issues pertaining to human rights to liberty, bodily integrity, and treatment. Balancing rights is always challenging, especially when people lack decision-making capacity owing to the impact of mental illness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn vaccination decisions, individuals must weigh the benefits against the risks of remaining unvaccinated and potentially facing social restrictions. Previous studies have focused on individual preferences for vaccine characteristics and societal restrictions separately. This study aims to quantify public preferences and the potential trade-offs between vaccine characteristics and societal restrictions, including lockdowns and vaccine mandates, in the context of a future pandemic.
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