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Laboratory Diagnosis

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The decision to set up and maintain an office laboratory is complex. The interest and expertise of the individual physician, availability of suitable laboratory services, appropriate paramedical help, economic considerations, and the specific needs of the patient population are among parameters that influence the decision. Unless the physician has the time and interest to become actively and regularly involved, the office laboratory should not be considered. (Additional discussion of theoretical and practical considerations regarding the office laboratory is found in Chap. 94.)

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  1. K. Owen Ash
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  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, 300 South Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem, 27103, North Carolina, USA

    Robert B. Taylor M.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Family Medicine Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, 11794, USA

    Melville G. Rosen M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  3. Department of Family Practice, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Duluth and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    William E. Jacott M.D.

  4. Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of Kansas School of Medicine—Wichita, 1001 North Minneapolis, Wichita, Kansas, 67214, USA

    E. P. Donatelle M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  5. Department of Family Practice, University of Alabama School of Medicine East End Memorial Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, 35206, USA

    John L. Buckingham M.D., M.P.H. (Director of the Family Practice Residency) (Director of the Family Practice Residency)

  6. Lakeside Medical Center, 4621 East Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota, 55804, USA

    William E. Jacott M.D.

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Ash, K.O., Matsen, J.M., Rothstein, G. (1983). Laboratory Diagnosis. In: Taylor, R.B., Rosen, M.G., Jacott, W.E., Donatelle, E.P., Buckingham, J.L. (eds) Fundamentals of Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5433-1_33

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