Americans are seeing in the current H1N1 event exactly what happens when solutions given for any health care issue promote health beliefs that foster primary dependence on external resources such as vaccines. The media reports about the potential dearth of vaccine supplies and a press release from The Hastings Center has already raised concerns about the "just allocation" of the vaccine in hand. Director of American Nurses Association Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Nancy Hughes, wrote in the recent issue of American Nurse Today of the "threat" to health care facilities and workers.
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