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Dr. Jesse Lazear voluntarily inoculated himself twice with Yellow Fever through the bite of an infected mosquito to demonstrate that mosquitoes were the vectors of Yellow Fever.

Trials use ____________ in the absence of statute.

International Health Regulations gives oversight and regulatory power to the World Health Organization in dealing with emergent infectious disease issues. 

 Since only a small number of individuals choose not to vaccinate, herd immunity is seldom compromised

When considering how medical and public health ethics differ, medical ethics is more concerned about:

The meaning of the term “rationing” has changed from an equal division of resources to setting priorities and including some things at the expense of others.

Who determines whether or not a patient has the capacity to make their own medical decisions?

Systemic research in animals has long been a part of human history.

Oregon and Washington State have passed laws that allow a physician to legally prescribe medications that will end the life of a patient.

This theory of health care distribution seeks to establish a positive social obligation to eliminate or reduce barriers preventing fair opportunities.