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Medical Ethics
TPRI’s Role
TPRI will support research efforts that improve the spiritual condition of men and women, and will not promote methods or intentions that are inconsistent with the ethical and moral guidelines of the Catholic Church. TPRI papers dealing with ethics in medicine follow:
TPRI Papers
- A Medical Critique of the Varicella Vaccine
On March 17, 1995 the FDA approved the use of Varivax-the varicella vaccine (i.e., chicken pox vaccine) made by Merck-for use in healthy young children. A review of the literature shows that a number of concerns have already been raised, and yet before the use of this vaccine becomes widespread, a number of other concerns still need to be addressed.