A neglected topic in medical ethics is the unique barriers to error disclosure faced by anatomic and clinical pathologists.

An emerging medical ethics issue is whether to delay posting pathology reports to electronic health records (EHR) to allow clinicians time to follow up.

Because physicians view autopsies differently than families of the deceased, informed consent rather than permission should be obtained for autopsies.

Introduction to the August 2016 issue on ethics in pathology.

Visual literacy modules can help trainees learn to integrate narrative and visual information in clinical encounters. The medical humanities curriculum at Australia’s Bond University uses art to build students’ diagnostic skills.

Cytopathologists frequently interact directly with patients at their bedsides to perform fine needle aspiration procedures. When, if ever, should cytopathologists share preliminary diagnostic impressions directly with patients?

The allocation of scarce resources, such as HLA platelets, involves a conflict between the medical ethics principles of beneficence and social justice.

The communication training program at University of Washington Medical Center aims to develop best practices for effective pathology communication.

If health information is private, why do we know so much about Prince’s death? Critical legal and ethical questions remain unsettled about whether and when it is appropriate for medical examiners or coroners to release information from autopsy reports to the public.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to pathology.