Smoking and ethics: What are the duties of oncologists?

Oncologist

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 987-993

  Pentz, Rebecca D ^a   Berg, Carla J ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Professional ethics; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 77957773796     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2010-0034     Document Type: Article

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