To do or not to do? Engaging in shared decision-making with a patient resistant to diagnostic biopsy

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Jan 10:S0190-9622(25)00045-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.01.008. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Aarushi K Parikh¹, Amit Singal², Shari R Lipner³

Affiliations

¹ Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
² Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA; Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Dermatology, New York, NY, USA.
³ Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Dermatology, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 39800210
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.01.008

No abstract available

Keywords: autonomy; biopsy; dermatopathology; ethics; skin cancer.

Publication types

Letter