PC-FACS

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2012 Mar;43(3):651-62. doi: 10.1016/S0885-3924(12)00044-9.

Abstract

PC-FACS (Fast Article Critical Summaries for Clinicians in Palliative Care), an electronic publication of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, provides palliative care clinicians with concise summaries of the most important findings from more than 50 medical and scientific journals. Each month, structured summaries and insightful commentaries on 6-10 articles help palliative care clinicians stay on top of the research that is critical to contemporary practice. PC-FACS is free to AAHPM members and members can earn up to 3 CME credits quarterly. Following are excerpts from recent issues, and comments from readers are welcomed at resources@aahpm.org.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Allied Health Personnel / psychology
  • Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects
  • Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Clinical Trials, Phase I as Topic
  • Cognition Disorders / therapy
  • Conscious Sedation
  • Death
  • Depressive Disorder, Major / therapy
  • Happiness
  • Hematology / education
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Medical Oncology / education
  • Neoplasms / therapy
  • Nursing Homes
  • Pain / complications
  • Palliative Care*
  • Phototherapy
  • Right to Die
  • Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Antidepressive Agents
  • SLC6A4 protein, human
  • Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins