Wikipedia:WikiProject Pathology

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Renal cell carcinoma (chromophobe type). Hematoxylin & eosin stain.
Renal cell carcinoma (chromophobe type). Hematoxylin & eosin stain.
Mitral stenosis. Autopsy specimen.
Mitral stenosis. Autopsy specimen.
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WikiProject Pathology aims to better organize information in the articles related to Pathology and its subsidiaries including anatomic pathology, clinical pathology/laboratory medicine and investigative pathology.

Pathology is the study and diagnosis of disease. It is also a collection of medical specialities which focus on the diagnosis of disease based on changes in microscopic morphology and the determination of death, which includes forensic pathology. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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[edit] Title

WikiProject Pathology

[edit] Scope

The clinical aspects of pathology and the diagnosis of disease.

This WikiProject aims to:

  • increase the quality of the current articles on pathology topics by increasing their medical content while keeping them accessible to individuals with no specialty medical knowledge
  • facilitate the creation of new articles on topics in pathology, so that Wikipedia is a more-or-less comprehensive pathology resource for the public
  • ensure that articles created on pathology topics are thoroughly referenced and include up-to-date links to the most recent literature
  • explain the use of evidence-based medicine in pathology
  • maintain consistency per WP:MEDMOS on pathology articles
  • increase the number of images attached to articles - making use of freely available histological images from places like Pathology and its more advanced German version.
  • produce pathology-themed featured articles based on the above
  • strenghten the articles related to forensics

[edit] Parentage

This WikiProject is descended from WikiProject Clinical Medicine.

[edit] Related Wikiportals

[edit] Participants

All Wikipedians are welcome to join! You need no medical expertise or specific pathology expertise in order to contribute to this WikiProject.

User/Signature Special Interests (if any)
Nephron  T|C 20:37, 23 March 2007 (UTC) Anatomical pathology, Pathology of the Kidney
Rustavo  T|C 05:03, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Anatomical pathology, Molecular pathology, Cancer
JFW | T@lk 21:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC) General pathology
jdln | Jdln 12:40, 21 April 2007 (UTC) Coagulation, hematopathology, transfusion medicine
Hovea Anatomical pathology, Pathology of the Eye, Histology, Anatomy
Nanomed Dreams 05:36, 13 November 2007 (UTC) Anatomical pathology
Haymanj 1300, 05 March 2008 (UTC) Anatomical pathology, Mycobacterium ulcerans infection, Medical/Pathology History
Emmanuelm 9 January 2008 (UTC) Pathology, Cancer
Mattopaedia Mattopaedia (talk) 23:36, 29 February 2008 (UTC) Anatomical Pathology, Forensic Pathology

[edit] Articles

[edit] Articles for Deletion

Gross examination Afd discussion

  • I am very glad this RFD was turned down. I cannot count the number of times the word "gross" was deleted from the description of one of my pictures. Emmanuelm (talk) 14:02, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Preferred Nomenclature (see talk page)

Experimental pathology preferred to Investigative pathology

Clinical pathology preferred to Laboratory medicine

Clinical chemistry preferred to Chemical pathology

Anatomical pathology preferred to Anatomic pathology

[edit] Articles needing creation or improvement

Improving the quality of the "core" pages listed on the template {{pathology}} (see below) is a top priority for the project. Note that some of the "tools" pages (e.g. electron microscopy) are well-developed but lack coverage of the topic in the context of pathology

See especially:

Also see Cat:Pathology stubs for all stub articles related to pathology.

[edit] Articles needing images/better images

[edit] Special articles

[edit] Did you know articles

None at this time

[edit] Featured articles

None at this time

[edit] Good articles

Pathology

[edit] Pathology Category tree

(Please edit as changes are made to category pages)

[edit] Lists

No lists as of yet

[edit] Templates

[edit] Pathology templates

{{pathology-stub}} - Marks stub articles related to pathology subspecialties, tools, and techniques, as well as gross pathology and histopathology - related entities.


{{pathology}} - Yields the "blue box" for major pages:

v • d • e
Pathology
Principles of pathology
Anatomical pathology
Clinical pathology

[edit] WikiProject Pathology notice

The template for marking an article as part of the WikiProject Pathology project is here. It can be inserted into an article's talk page with:

{{PathWikiProject}} or {{PathologyWikiProject}}

Its appearance is as follows:

This article is part of a WikiProject to improve Wikipedia's articles related to pathology. See WikiProject Pathology and Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ.