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Arch Dermatol. 2000;136:83.

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I believe that the demand for dermatologic care will increase exponentially during the new millennium. It will be fueled by an aging population (some of whom continue foolish habits like tanning in salons), continued improvements in therapy resulting from the research conducted in basic science laboratories, and the shortsightedness of those individuals who are downsizing residency training programs in dermatology.

Eventually, managed care (or whatever modification replaces it) will permit and encourage direct access to dermatologists because it will prove to be economically advantageous (ie, more cost-efficient).

Although these comments may make me sound like a Pollyanna, I have major concerns about the future of dermatopathology, particularly in regard to the teaching and practice of dermatology. I believe that a thorough knowledge of dermatopathology is essential to the practice of clinical dermatology and can only be learned by spending many hours (sometimes considered to be tedious) looking at the broad . . . [Full Text of this Article]