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ISBN: 9780357007594
Author: Mann
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 1Q
You have an employee who has a chemical imbalance in the brain that causes him to be severely emotionally unstable. The medication that is available to treat this schizophrenic condition is extremely powerful and decreases the taker’s life span by one to two years for every year that the user takes it. You know that his doctors and family believe that it is in his best interest to take the medication. What course of action should you follow?
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