J Oncol Pract. 2009 Sep;5(5):250-1.

Can physicians refuse treatment to patients who smoke?

Pawlik TM, Olver IN, Storm CD, Rodriguez MA.

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Irrespective of the "rightness" of smoking behavior, physicians have a duty to offer all patients appropriate anticancer therapy and supportive care and to help their patients become tobacco free.

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