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Sunscreen, In-Office Dispensing, Surgery Debated at Annual Dermatology Meeting
Lynne Lamberg
JAMA. 1999;281:1363-1364.
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New Orleans—Are sunscreens being oversold? Is it ethical to market nonprescription products in the dermatologist's office? How much emphasis should be placed on medicine vs surgery in the dermatology residency?
By conferring a false sense of security, sunscreen use may encourage longer stays in the sun, said Mark Pittelkow, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, speaking in a session on current controversies in dermatology at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) here in March.
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The patient in this ink and pastel drawing by New Orleans artist May Lesser is undergoing photopheresis for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. This drawing and others showing recent advances in dermatology at Tulane University Medical Center were on exhibit at Tulane's alumni reception at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. The work is one of more than 1500 drawings, paintings, and etchings of medical scenes Lesser has made . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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Physicians' and Patients' Perspectives on Office-Based Dispensing: The Central Role of the Physician-Patient Relationship
Ogbogu et al.
Arch Dermatol 2001;137:151-154.
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