The ethics of depigmentation for vitiligo

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Jan 29:S0190-9622(24)00131-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.01.031. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Akash Rau¹, Jane M Grant-Kels²

Affiliations

¹ Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
² Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut; Department of Dermatology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida. Electronic address: grant@uchc.edu.

PMID: 38296198
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.01.031

No abstract available

Keywords: autonomy; beneficence; ethics; justice; nonmaleficence; respect; skin bleaching; truthfulness; vitiligo.

Publication types

Letter