The ethics of not hiring smokers

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1369-1371

  Schmidt, Harald ^a   Voigt, Kristin ^d   Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; LAW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUNISHMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875913466     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1301951     Document Type: Article

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