May 2002 • Volume 8 • Number 5 |
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Discussing a cancer diagnosis, failed treatment or a
shortened life expectancy with patients is a sensitive and difficult task.
"Cancer: Supporting Patients and Families" has tools and examples of how
to approach these conversations. This video/online CME program is part of
AAFP's Annual Clinical Focus 2002: Cancer. View the video at
http://www.aafp.org/videocme/. AAFP Prescribed credit
is available for $8.
Counseling tools can help you explain to patients the risks and benefits of breast and prostate cancer screening. Open http://www.aafp.org/clinical/tools/ for these guides, or call and request the free counseling tools: #R929 on prostate screening and #R930 on breast cancer screening.
Check out the updated AAFP Patient Stop Smoking Guide with revisions based on the U.S. Public Health Service clinical practice guidelines. The AAFP guide includes information on smoking cessation medications. A package of five brochures costs $10. Order online at https://secure.aafp.org/cgi-bin/catalog.pl?uid=cat100951, or call and request item #R915.
Proven value: Check your mailbox late this month for the Official Program and Registration Materials describing the best CME value for family physicians, the AAFP Scientific Assembly Oct. 16 20 in San Diego. Register by July 24 for the widest choice of courses and a $100 savings on your general registration fee.
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