Broadening the Scope: A Qualitative Study of Pathologists' Attitudes Toward Patient-Pathologist Interactions.

Objectives: This study qualitatively explored and described pathologists' attitudes toward patient interaction.

Methods: In a survey to pathologists, we asked, "How interested would you be in meeting with patients to discuss their pathology report and show them microscopic images of their tissue?" Then, we asked "Why," followed by a free-text box. We asked pathologists to assume that their time would be adequately compensated and that patients' treating clinicians had already told them their diagnosis.