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2012, Volume 28, Number 3, Page(s) 195-203
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DOI: 10.5146/tjpath.2012.01125 |
The Situation of Consultation Practice in Pathology in Turkey |
Alp USUBÜTÜN1, Serdar BALCI2, Kutsal YÖRÜKOĞLU3 |
1Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, ANKARA, TURKEY
2Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Medicine, ANKARA, TURKEY
3Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, İZMİR, TURKEY |
Keywords:
Consultation, Pathology, Turkey |
Objective: There are some suggestions regarding the methods of
consultation practice in the literature including which case will be
consulted, to whom, by which transport means, the payment methods
as well as the ethical issues. There are no standards for consultations in
Turkey. The standardization committee of the Federation of Turkish
Pathology Societies has conducted a survey to detect the current
situation, determine the problematic aspects, compare the situation
with international methods and offer methods specific to Turkey.
Material and Method: A survey has been prepared to cover all the
aspects of consultation practice using the literature and referring to
the current methods used in Turkey. The survey has been announced
on the internet and 83 replies were collected.
Results: Multiple choice questions were evaluated in terms of
percentages and open ended questions were grouped according to
the answer contents. It was seen that problems could be grouped as
follows: absence of written procedures covering each step, means of
transport, reaching the consultant, payment, reporting and ethical
issues. The absence of procedures and issues regarding the payment
methods were the interfering factors for each step of consultation.
Conclusion: There are many problematic issues in consultation
practice in pathology in Turkey. The basis of these problems is the
absence of written regulations for procedural and payment methods.
Regulations addressing these issues should be developed.
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