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a small but growing number of parents are refusing to vaccinate against childhood diseases. worried that the shots themselves could have lifelong consequences or somehow are unsafe. so that is causing some frustrated pediatricians to draw a line in the sand. they re saying come on, vaccinate your kids or go get health care elsewhere. art caplan is the chairman of u penn s department of medical ethics. the thing is when kids show up and it s the same reason why schools demand vaccinations they put other kids at risk for measles and mumps and that kind of thing. do pediatricians have an ethical, moral obligation to the other kids to say, no, you can t come here if you re not vaccinated? there s even an issue of the kid who s unvaccinated sitting in the waiting room with the other kids. you can pick up a disease right then and there. it s a tough, tough call. certainly the pediatricians are

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