3. Analyze Your Pathology

Now it's time to look for some initial background research on your pathology. Try a search in the following database to learn more about your pathology.

Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
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Full text nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources.

Learn more about your pathology by answering the following questions:

What category does this pathology fall into?
How does the pathology present itself?
How is it diagnosed?
What are the signs and symptoms?
What are common complications?
What is the usual cause?
What group of the population is often affected?
How is it treated?
What is the recovery?
What is the probable outcome?