Dermatology Residents are Prescribing Tanning Bed Treatment.
Although 90% of dermatologists discourage the use of tanning beds, about half of psoriasis patients report using tanning beds and most of these note improvement. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if dermatology residents are advocating the tanning bed use to their patients.
Center for Dermatology Research, Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Anderson.kathryn.lee@gmail.com.
Kathryn L
KL
Anderson
Karen E
KE
Huang
William W
WW
Huang
Steven R
SR
Feldman
D003880:Dermatology; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000628:therapy*; D055108:Sunbathing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014467:Ultraviolet Therapy