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Bioethical content within WJEC GCSE Science & Biology specifications: Details

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WWJEC Applied Science Double Award: Vaccination

Unit 2: Science and Society

What you will need to learn:

(a) The Human Body and Health
Human health is affected by a variety of factors, including infection. Scientific knowledge and technology may provide the answer to some health problems, however, advances in knowledge and technology may also raise ethical issues for both the medical profession and for society.

You need to:
24. understand about the use of immunisation to protect humans and other animals from infection by specific micro-organisms (MMR, TB, foot and mouth, polio)

UPDATED: 26th February 2008
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