A slow but steady trend to decline routine immunization has evolved over the past few decades, despite its pivotal role in staving off life-threatening communicable diseases. Religious beliefs are among the reasons given for exemptions. In the context of an overview of various religious approaches to this issue, this article addresses the Jewish religious obligation to immunize. The latter is nested in the more general obligation to take responsibility for one's health as it is essential to living a morally productive life. Furthermore, the individual's responsibility extends to supporting communal health by contributing to herd immunity. Judaism embraces evidence-based information regarding immunization safety and efficacy and holds the resulting professional guidelines to be religiously binding. From a Jewish perspective, government bodies need to weigh respect for individual autonomy to refrain from immunization against preserving public safety, such that waiving autonomy should be reserved for immediately life-threatening situations. Nurses' knowledge and understanding of the Jewish legal approach as explicated in this article and those of other religions in which similar principles apply (such as Islam and Christianity) can enrich their awareness of how revering God can go hand in hand with an obligation to prevent illness for the self and the community by immunizing.

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尽管常规免疫在预防威胁生命的传染病方面发挥了关键作用,但过去几十年来,常规免疫减少的缓慢但稳定的趋势已经演变。宗教信仰是豁免的原因之一。在概述解决此问题的各种宗教方法的背景下,本文讨论了犹太宗教免疫义务。后者嵌套在对自己的健康负责的更一般的义务中,因为这对于过上道德上富有成效的生活至关重要。此外,个人的责任扩大到通过促进群体免疫来支持社区健康。犹太教包含有关预防接种安全性和有效性的基于证据的信息,并认为由此产生的专业指南具有宗教约束力。从犹太人的角度来看,政府机构需要权衡对个人自主权的尊重,以避免预防接种,以维护公共安全,因此应在立即威胁生命的情况下保留放弃自主权。护士对本文阐述的犹太法律方法以及适用类似原则的其他宗教 (例如伊斯兰教和基督教) 的知识和理解可以丰富他们对尊敬上帝如何与义务携手并进的认识通过免疫预防自我和社区的疾病。

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