[Comment] Pathology and laboratory medicine in partnership with global surgery: working towards universal health coverage

Pathology and laboratory medicine (PALM) is the backbone of high-quality care across many specialties, particularly surgery. In surgery, PALM provides the cross-match to keep patients with bleeding ectopic pregnancies alive, the histopathology that differentiates a benign colonic polyp from a malignancy, the biochemistry that allows safe titration of anaesthetics, and the forensic pathology that quantifies the burden of disease.

Source: LANCET - March 15, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Isabelle Citron, Kristin Sonderman, John G Meara Tags: Comment Source Type: research