Open AccessEthics in trichology
Author(s) -
Parvathi Padmanabhan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of trichology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0974-9241
pISSN - 0974-7753
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7753.66912
Subject(s) - medical ethics , engineering ethics , compliance (psychology) , set (abstract data type) , code (set theory) , ethical code , curriculum , clinical ethics , medicine , medical education , computer science , psychology , political science , law , engineering , psychiatry , social psychology , programming language
Today, trichology as a science is offered by reputed institutes worldwide with a planned curriculum of theory and clinical exposure. Non-medical trichologists, with rare exceptions, continue to lure the public with unscientific methods. A qualified dermatologist equipped with knowledge of hair biology is undoubtedly the most competent to deal with hair problems. We are all indisputably governed by a basic code of medical ethics as we are doctors first and last. Hence, a dermatologist/trichologist cannot have another set of ethics. Having said that, we cannot discount the fact that there are special clinical situations where guidelines already exist or need to be established with compliance to the base code of ethics.