pathology
Let an agent explain pathology as a discipline and how pathology services work in general terms, without interpreting personal results or diagnosing.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain pathology as a discipline and how pathology services work in general terms, without interpreting personal results or diagnosing.
The medical specialty and science that studies the causes, mechanisms and effects of disease, examining tissues, cells and body fluids to diagnose disease, including histopathology, cytopathology, clinical pathology and forensic pathology.
What it is for: Diagnosing disease and understanding its mechanisms.
It can be explain branches of pathology; explain what happens to a biopsy in general terms; find how to access reports through clinicians; find careers in pathology.
Distinguishing features
Studies disease
Laboratory-based
Central to diagnosis
Several branches
What it looks like
Laboratories, microscopes, slides and reports.
How it is recognised
Histology slides and reports
Branches such as histopathology
A pathology as a disease is a related everyday sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
supports - purpose
examines - objects
is practised by - professional
In practice
Families and kinds
histopathology
cytopathology
clinical pathology and laboratory medicine
forensic pathology
molecular pathology
Standards and regulation
ISO 15189 medical laboratories
Human tissue law
Professional regulation of pathologists
Failure modes and hazards
Agents interpreting personal reports
Delays in communicating results
Confusing senses
Also called
+163
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.pathology-state
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Discipline Branches.
Branches differ.
Branch
Which branch.
Branch
Branch.
- Which branch of pathology is meant? definition
- What does it examine? definition
Process
Biopsy journey.
Process
Process.
- What happens to a tissue sample in the laboratory, in general terms? definition
- How long do results usually take? measurement
Results Reports.
Clinicians explain results.
Interpret
No personal interpretation.
Interpret
Interpretation limit.
- Is the user asking the agent to interpret their pathology report? boundary
- How should they discuss it with their clinician? action
Access
Records.
Access
Access to reports.
- How can a patient access their pathology report? action
- Is support available when receiving results? provenance
Careers Professionals.
Pathology is a career.
Training
Routes.
Training
Training.
- What training is needed to become a pathologist or biomedical scientist? provenance
- Which bodies set standards? provenance
Quality
Accreditation.
Quality
Laboratory quality.
- Is the laboratory accredited? provenance
- Which scheme applies? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.
Pathology has other senses.
Disease
A pathology.
Disease
Disease sense.
- Is a specific disease or abnormality meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Forensic
Post-mortem.
Forensic
Forensic pathology.
- Is forensic pathology in legal investigations meant? boundary
- Is the topic handled sensitively? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should branches be separate entries?
- How should report terminology be explained safely?
- How should forensic pathology be linked?