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Author:   Ifeoma U. Perkins, MD, FACP (Assistant Professor Adjoint, Department of Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780443131882

ISBN 10:   0443131880
Pages:   116
Publication Date:   08 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Review of the pathology specimen pathway 3. How to use this book 4. Ethical dilemmas surrounding pathology and error 5. Challenges with ethical implications in consultative pathology 6. Where’s Waldo’s Specimen: Challenges in pathology specimen handling 7. Dilemmas involving the allocation of scarce resources in pathology 8. Ethical dilemmas involving the pathology report 9. Ethical dilemmas involving informed consent 10. Ethical dilemmas when the pathologist knows the patient 11. Ethical dilemmas involving tissue utilization 12. Ethical issues in pathology graduate medical education 13. Ethical dilemmas involving pathologists as medical expert witnesses 14. Ethical dilemmas related to advances in technology (AI) in pathology

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Dr. Ifeoma Perkins is a practicing pathologist, double board certified in anatomic pathology/clinical pathology and dermatopathology. She is an assistant professor adjoint in the department of pathology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine where she teaches pathology residents, fellows, and medical students pathology and disciplines related to ethics and professionalism. Dr. Perkins is also affiliate faculty of the University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities, where she participates in multidisciplinary efforts to better understand ethical challenges in indirect patient care, including pathology and lab medicine. She is known for having created a novel ethics curriculum for pathology graduate medical trainees (""Broadening Our Scope"") which has now been taught over years at several pathology residency programs within the United States (US). She has served on hospital ethics committees, completed multiple clinical ethics-related training workshops, and is currently completing a graduate program for bioethics and humanities at the University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities. Dr. Perkins is considered an emerging respected educator in the US on the subject matter of clinical ethics as it pertains to pathology and laboratory medicine.

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