Pathology question

[TheDBird90]

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Some professor once said, "The hospital is the church, the pathologist the priest." What does that mean?

 

[sullen-burger]

Some professor once said, "The hospital is the church, the pathologist the priest." What does that mean?

Interesting that you bring this up as I just recently heard that pathologists are sometimes referred to as "the doctor's doctor."

Meaning, I think, that sometimes IM and surgeons in a hospial will consult with pathologists and ask them for help in indentifying the pathology of a disease; usually through biopsies or after a surgery to make sure they have clear or negative margins when resecting a cancerous tumor.

So, going along with the metaphor, even a parish of physicians needs a pastor to guide them.

 

[TheDBird90]

Interesting that you bring this up as I just recently heard that pathologists are sometimes referred to as "the doctor's doctor."

Meaning, I think, that sometimes IM and surgeons in a hospial will consult with pathologists and ask them for help in indentifying the pathology of a disease; usually through biopsies or after a surgery to make sure they have clear or negative margins when resecting a cancerous tumor.

So, going along with the metaphor, even a parish of physicians needs a pastor to guide them.

Interesting, thanks. I've always wondered about that.