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Review
. 2024 Sep 24;11(4):253-265.
doi: 10.3390/dermatopathology11040027.

Ethical Issues Regarding Dermatopathology Care for Service-Members: A Review

Samir Kamat  1 , Ross O'Hagan  2 , Catherine Brahe  1 , Curtis L Hardy  1 , Vikas Shrivastava  1 , Jane M Grant-Kels  3   4 , Angela M Crotty  5
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Review

Ethical Issues Regarding Dermatopathology Care for Service-Members: A Review

Samir Kamat et al. Dermatopathology (Basel). .

Abstract

Dermatologic care within the military faces unique ethical challenges. Service members are stationed across nationally and globally diverse settings, and therefore, dermatologic care rendered ranges from within resource-rich, advanced military medical treatment facilities to austere, resource-limited, deployed field environments. Additionally, military service members are often at unique risk for dermatologic disease, given occupational, environmental, and geographic exposures not commonly faced by their civilian counterparts. This review explores topics in dermatoethics via case analyses of ethical considerations within the scope of dermatologic care for military service members.

Keywords: dermatopathology; ethics; legal; military dermatology.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The views expressed in this article reflect the results of research conducted by the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, nor the United States Government.

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