Challenging ethical scenarios reported by American Society of Dermatopathology members: A qualitative analysis.

Autor: Sood, Aditya, Brahmbhatt, Meera, Flowers, Nyla, Yeung, Howa, Vong, Gerard, Stoff, Benjamin K.
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Zdroj: Journal of Cutaneous Pathology; Feb2022, Vol. 49 Issue 2, p191-196, 6p, 2 Charts
Abstrakt: Practicing for 5 to 10 years, currently in academic practice (dermatopathology-only or multispecialty practice), trained in D12 (4.2)
ht 1 Abbreviations: AP, anatomic pathology; CP, clinical pathology; D, dermatology. Practicing for 20 years, currently in academic practice (dermatopathology-only or multispecialty practice), trained in D31 (10.9)Reporting unprofessional behaviorUnethical acts or behaviors that were or needed to be reported"...Regularly, we receive cases of melanoma that are readily diagnosed using H&E alone but for which many immunostains are performed (up to 9 in some cases). The practice of dermatopathology faces unique quandaries regarding ethics and professionalism. Practicing for 5 years, currently in Academic practice (dermatopathology-only or multispecialty practice), trained in D11 (3.9)Inappropriate use of molecular testingInappropriate use or overutilization of molecular testing"Repeated suggestions that GEP (gene expression profiling) should be applied to new melanoma diagnoses without guidelines and outside of a clinical trial."Practicing for 5 to 10 years, currently in academic practice (dermatopathology-only or multispecialty practice), trained in D10 (3.5)Cost cuttingLaboratory or organizational changes geared toward keeping operating costs low"Changing the melanoma sentinel lymph node protocol to do less per node. [Extracted from the article] Databáze: Complementary Index Externí odkaz: Nepřihlášeným uživatelům se plný text nezobrazuje