Health care institutions should not exclude smokers from employment

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 843-847

  Huddle, Thomas S ^a   Kertesz, Stefan G ^a   Nash, Ryan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903624942     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000247     Document Type: Review

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