title: Should a medical center deny employment to a physician because he smokes tobacco products?
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine and Medical Ethics, The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and International Children's Heart Foundation, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Novick
authors.affiliation: 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. Electronic address: sader@musc.edu.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sade
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment / Q000941:ethics*; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians; D012907:Smoking