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Pathology
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PATHOLOGY, med. jur. The science or doctrine of diseases. In cases of homicides, abortions, and the like, it is of great consequence to the legal practitioner to be acquainted, in some degree, with pathology. 2 Chit. Pr. 42, note.


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The reasoning behind that was to attract more speech pathologists to our district and retain the ones we currently have," said Hugo Estrada, president of the Palmdale Elementary Teachers Association.
To the pathologist, a dead body is to be treated with dignity at all times during the performance of an autopsy; I reject Hill's generalization as false and attribute it to the emotional tenor of her subject matter.
There have been many cases in which the pathologist has had the right diagnosis but has used a term that is unfamiliar to the primary care physician, surgeon, oncologist, radiation therapist, or geneticist, resulting in confusion and unnecessary delay in treatment.
 
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