Difference between revisions of "Pathology for medical students"

Revision as of 14:16, 9 January 2013

This article is an introduction to pathology for family doctors.

Filling in a death certificate.
- Difference between manner of death and cause of death.
- Difference between manner of death and mechanism of death.
- World Health Organization standard for death certificates.

Identifying medical examiner cases/coroner's cases.
Getting an autopsy consent.
- Understanding the hierarchy.
- Knowing the difference between executer of the estate and power of attorney for health care decisions.
Providing important clinical information.
- Clinical history - past medical history.
- Events leading-up to death.
- Provisional/suspected cause of death.
Value of doing an autopsy.
Interpretation of autopsy reports.
- Negative autopsy.
- Inherited diseases, e.g. MEN 2A, ARVC.

Pitfalls:

Implication of not otherwise specified:

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 **Understanding the hierarchy.
 **Knowing the difference between ''executer of the estate'' and ''power of attorney for health care decisions''.
-*[[Value of autopsy|Value of doing an autopsy]].
+*Providing important clinical information.
-*Important clinical information.
 **Clinical history - past medical history.
 **Events leading-up to death.
 **Provisional/suspected cause of death.
+*[[Value of autopsy|Value of doing an autopsy]].
+*Interpretation of autopsy reports.
+**[[Negative autopsy]].
+**Inherited diseases, e.g. [[MEN 2A]], [[ARVC]].
 ===Surgical pathology===