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Date of Publication: October 01, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2012.089
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Pre-employment medical testing in Brazil: ethical challenges
Dario Palhares
Ivone Laurentino dos Santos
Abstract:
Pre-employment medical tests, considered to be a practice within the subspecialty of occupational medicine, are ordered by physicians on behalf of employers. Candidates for a job may be rejected if they are found to suffer from a condition that can be worsened by the job, or one that may put other workers at risk. As the physician who orders pre-employment tests is chosen by the employer, pre-employment tests can violate both the autonomy and the privacy of the individual. This paper discusses ethical conflicts inherent in pre-employment medical testing.
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