title: [Structure and organization of the activities of the pathology services for adults in St. Petersburg].
abstract: Principles of organization of St. Petersburg pathology service are outlined. The service covers the Consultative and Methodological Council, the Department of Management and 53 departments including 12 departments attached to the city pathology bureau. The main problems of the service concern inadequate financing and material-technical support, lack of specialists in conditions of increasing amount of work (25,870 autopsies, about a million of intraoperative biopsy examinations, 72,000 cytological examinations performed in 2001).
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Rybakova
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Koval'skiĭ
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Grantyn'
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D001706:Biopsy; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006801:Humans; D010337:Pathology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D012426:Russia; D000078329:Workforce