Sustaining ethics and compassion in palliative dermatology through maintaining balance between professional presence and self-preservation

Tarek Zieneldien; Sophia Ma; Isabella J Tan; Janice Kim; Jane M Grant-Kels

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2026.02.064

Sustaining ethics and compassion in palliative dermatology through maintaining balance between professional presence and self-preservation

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2026 Feb 21:S0190-9622(26)00282-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2026.02.064. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Tarek Zieneldien¹, Sophia Ma¹, Isabella J Tan², Janice Kim³, Jane M Grant-Kels⁴

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
³ College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut; Department of Dermatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Electronic address: grant@uchc.edu.

PMID: 41730427
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2026.02.064

No abstract available

Keywords: autoimmune skin diseases; beneficence; burnout; compassion fatigue; cutaneous lymphoma; dermatologic oncology; end-of-life care; ethics; justice; melanoma; metastatic non-melanoma skin cancers; nonmaleficence; palliative dermatology; physician well-being; professional resilience.

Publication types

Letter