A hematology consultant provides expert advice about the diagnosis and management of benign or malignant hematologic disorders to requesting physicians and other health care providers. A consultation request might involve an adult general medical patient, a child or adolescent, a pregnant woman, a perioperative patient, or an individual who is critically ill. Given the relatively low numbers of physicians specifically trained in hematology, in some situations, a hematologist may also be asked to render an opinion on patient management to another physician, perhaps from a distance, without having directly seen the patient; requests such as these should be considered carefully . . . [Full Text of this Article]