Commentary: Health workers must get flu shot or quit

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MSNBC, October 12, 2009

In this commentary published on MSNBC.com, medical ethicist Arthur Caplan says doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, nurses' aides, and anyone else who has regular contact with patients should be required to get a flu shot or "find another line of work." Getting a flu shot is "the least those who claim to be bound by professional ethics ought to do," Caplan adds.

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