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Key learning outcomes
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Pathology (from Greek pathos, feeling, pain, suffering; and logos, study of) is the study of the processes underlying disease with focus on causes, mechanism of disease and consequent tissue and organ changes. The main used methods in pathology are autopsy, histology, cytology, fluorescent and electron mickroscopy, recently also methods of molecular pathology and genetics. The primary goal of pathology is the study of the four main aspects of a disease: etiology (what causes the disease), pathogenesis (the mechanism by which a certain etiological factor causes disease), morphologic changes (the structural changes induced in the cells, tissues and organs), clinical significance (the functional consequences of the morphologic changes). Currently, the main interest of pathology are civilisation disorders (cardio-cerebro- vascular disorders, metabolic disorders, infectious disorders and tumours). Forensic pathology is concerned with determining cause of disorders or deaths usually for civil or criminal law cases (trauma, intoxication, suffocation etc.). Important part of forensic pathology is reviweing lege-artis or non-lege artis processes during health care.
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