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Picking and choosing: Navigating the ethics of preferential patient scheduling

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Preferential patient scheduling involves prioritizing patients based on factors like medical urgency and disease complexity, allowing senior dermatologists to manage challenging cases while easing the strain on early career dermatologists. In contrast, cherry-picking is when physicians selectively treat or avoid certain patients for reasons such as ease of management, financial incentives, for personal preferences. This practice, particularly by senior dermatologists, can place unnecessary pressure on newer dermatologists in group practice and violates fundamental ethical principles.

Source: JAAD reviews.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jdrv.2025.02.010

Authors: Diana Mustafa, Breanna N. Santoso, Stephanie K. Fabbro, Eliot N. Mostow

Institutions: Ohio University, OhioHealth, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Northeast Ohio Medical University

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and bioethics in healthcare

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,000

OpenAlex ID: W4408059164

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