Should a medical center deny employment to a physician because he smokes tobacco products?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 799-805

  Jones, James W ^a   Novick, William M ^a   Sade, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO;

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; SMOKING;

EID: 84908320675     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.05.047     Document Type: Article

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