What is pathology? Pathology, or general pathology, is the
medical specialty focused on the diagnosis of disease through
analysis of blood, tissues or urine in a pathology lab. A
division of pathology is anatomical pathology (study of organs
and tissues to diagnose disease), which is broken into the
following subspecialties: forensic pathology (determining cause
of death), autopsy pathology (performing autopsies), surgical
pathology, and cytopathology (study of diseases on the cellular
level). Other subspecialties include clinical chemical pathology
(study of antibodies, hormones, immune system and pharmacology),
clinical pathology (working directly with patients), hematology
(study of blood) and microbiology (study of bacteria, parasites
and viruses). Who are pathologists? Pathologists are doctors who
are concerned with the diagnosis of disease, as well as
prevention and treatment. These specialists use a microscope or
other diagnostic tools to look at blood, urine or other body
fluid specimens and detect ch