A complete smoking ban in psychiatric hospitals is ethically wrong

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chapman, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE; FREEDOM; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIETY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; SMOKING;

EID: 84952682948     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h6288     Document Type: Letter

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