Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Volume 25, Lesson 12

Take advantage of this unique educational program offered by the ACCP. Each month, a distinguished editorial board of expert clinicians will provide two lessons, featuring timely, concise, diagnostic information on current pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine issues. Earn up to 24.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. One (1) credit will be awarded for each completed lesson.

Sometimes it's good just to point out good stuff that you might be interested in reading. Here's a list of links to some recent articles from various sources. Enjoy! For more stuff like this, join me on Twitter.

Have you been waiting for the ACCP-SEEK app to include pulmonary and critical care questions? Well, the new version is now available in iTunes and contains 400 more questions!

 ACCP-SEEK is designed to stimulate and challenge consumers' clinical thought processes regarding recall, interpretation, and problem-solving skills.

In the 19th century, lung cancer was an unusual tumor; so much so that single case reports of the rare cancer were published in the scientific literature of the day. Things have changed. Other than skin cancer, lung cancer is now the most common cancer and is the most frequent cause of death from cancer in both men and women.