Ethical issues of a patient refusing a full body skin examination

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Sep 30:S0190-9622(23)02885-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.09.063. Online ahead of print.

Authors

LeeAnn Meadows¹, Richard W Hempstead², Jane M Grant-Kels³

Affiliations

¹ None.
² Dermatology, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut; Department of Dermatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Electronic address: grant@uchc.edu.

PMID: 37783393
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.09.063

No abstract available

Keywords: autonomy; beneficence; ethics; full body skin examination; nonmaleficence; sexual abuse; trauma; trauma-informed care.

Publication types

Letter