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

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  • James W Jones
  • William M Novick
  • Robert M Sade
چکیده

Departments of Medicine and Medical Ethics, The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and International Children’s Heart Foundation, Memphis, Tennessee, and Department of Surgery and Institute of Human Values in Health Care, South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Annals of thoracic surgery

دوره 98 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014