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Archive > May, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 5

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Pathologists are not vendors

RMV->) Re: "What to Look for in a Pathologist" (April, page 49). I am a pathologist, a medical doctor practicing medicine from behind a microscope, and not a vendor. Pathologists impact the lives of more than 70 percent of patients requiring medical care in the United States, either through clinical laboratory or anatomic pathology testing. To refer to a pathologist as a vendor is both inaccurate and unfortunate.

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