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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our report dated March 24, 2000, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of Pathology Consultants of America, Inc. and subsidiaries
(d/b/a Inform DX) as of December 31, 1999 and for the two year period then ended
included in the Registration Statement (Form S-3 Amended) and related Prospectus
of Ameripath, Inc.


                                                           /s/ Ernst & Young LLP



Nashville, Tennessee
October 4, 2001

