title: The ethics of denying smokers employment in health care.
abstract: Such policies send a powerful message, but are the underlying assumptions defensible?
authors.affiliation: Douglas P. Olsen is an associate professor at the Michigan State University College of Nursing in East Lansing and a contributing editor of AJN. Contact author: douglas.olsen@hc.msu.edu. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Douglas P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Olsen
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment / Q000941:ethics*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000941:ethics*; D012907:Smoking