The Practice of Surgical Pathology: A Beginner's Guide to the Diagnostic Process

About this book

In pathology education within North America there exists a wide gap in the pedagogy between medical school and residency. As a result the pathology intern often comes into residency unprepared. Completely illustrated in color this book lays the foundation of practical pathology and provides a scaffold on which to build a knowledge base. It includes basic introductory material and progresses through each organ system. Within each chapter there is a brief review of salient normal histology a discussion of typical specimen types a strategic approach to the specimen and a discussion of how the multitude of different diagnoses relate to each other.