Paegle R D, Bertucci G A
Pathologist. 1980 Sep;34(9):467-9.
Pathologists are little known to the public. In a day when each dollar for health care is so closely scrutinized, such a lack of understanding may lead to lack of support for our profession. Early this year, outpatients at the Milwaukee County Medical Complex in Wisconsin answered questions concerning laboratory tests, medical laboratories, and pathologists. The results revealed a severe lack of knowledge about pathologist functions, and, according to the authors, illustrates well the need for patient and public education about medical laboratory services. The results of the survey presented here were used in creating an educational videofilm, prepared within the Department of Pathology of the Medical College of Wisconsin, which was shown during the recent National Medical Laboratory Week in the same outpatient laboratory where the polling occurred.
病理学家鲜为公众所知。在如今医疗保健的每一分钱都受到如此密切审视的时代，这种缺乏了解可能导致对我们职业的支持不足。今年年初，威斯康星州密尔沃基县医疗中心的门诊患者回答了有关实验室检查、医学实验室和病理学家的问题。结果显示，对病理学家的职能严重缺乏了解，据作者称，这充分说明了对患者和公众进行医学实验室服务教育的必要性。此处呈现的调查结果被用于制作一部教育视频影片，该影片由威斯康星医学院病理系制作，并在进行民意调查的同一门诊实验室近期的全国医学实验室周期间播放。
