Smoke and Mirrors: One Case for Ethical Obligations of the Physician as Public Role Model

As a result of workplace clean air regulations and strict guidelines imposed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in 1993, most hospitals in the United States are now virtually smoke free. Although evidence suggests that these restrictions both cause smoking employees...

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1. VerfasserIn: Appel, Jacob M. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2009
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Jahr: 2009, Band: 18, Heft: 1, Seiten: 95-100
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Zusammenfassung:As a result of workplace clean air regulations and strict guidelines imposed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in 1993, most hospitals in the United States are now virtually smoke free. Although evidence suggests that these restrictions both cause smoking employees to consume fewer cigarettes per day and induce some employees to quit smoking entirely, the policies have also driven many healthcare providers—including physicians—onto the public sidewalks for their cigarette breaks. Patients entering many hospitals pass white-coated medical students and residents puffing away at the curbside.
ISSN:1469-2147
Enthält:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180108090142