Pathology: A Non-Fiction Informative Book

Pathology is a very informative book, It has very good details and stories about cases. The book Pathology is a non-fiction informative book, A pathologist is a medical doctor who studies disease and death of the human body, Pathologists have a very important task to do on a daily basis. A Pathologist has five very important questions they have to answer, Who is the Deceased, What is the cause of death, What is the mechanism of death, What is the manner of death, When did the victim die. In the book Pathology I learned that Pathologists serve a main part in crime solving, they have to have 11-13 years of schooling before they can have the label “Pathologist”. One scene that really stuck out to me was the one in chapter two that starts out as “The telephone rings”…. Investigator …show more content…
A Pathologist is “the voice of those who no longer can speak for themselves” they have to be a well-trained, experienced scientist with strong ethics and self-confidence to successfully manage their job and day-to-day obstacles. Pathologists have to perform as many as 250 autopsies a year and on top of that testify in court frequently. Being a Pathologist is not an easy job by no means, they have to go through and be questioned by attorneys on their techniques and how they got their diagnosis in court. Sometimes attorneys will question a Pathologist on their personal life and their career background. A medical examiner’s summary isn’t always in favor of the media or public and they are often scrutinized for their findings. In the Model Post-mortem Examinations Act of 1954 puts in words the responsibilities and qualities of the chief medical examiner. Section three of the act reads “It is basic to any properly organized medico-legal investigative system that head office to be a person of the highest mental and moral caliber, with the best obtainable professional training in medicine and