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PC-FACS (Fast Article Critical Summaries for Clinicians in Palliative Care) is an electronic publication that provides you with concise summaries of the most important findings from more than 100 medical and scientific journals.
Each month, structured summaries and insightful commentaries on six critical articles published during the previous 5 months help you stay on top of research that is critical to contemporary practice of palliative care. PC-FACS is a member benefit.
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PC-FACS was created in 2005 by Foudning Editor in Chief Amy P. Abernethy, MD FACP FAAHPM. This publication is edited by Editor in Chief Mellar P. Davis, MD FCCP FAAHPM and Associate Editor in Chief Robert M. Arnold, MD FAAHPM. The Editorial Board is comprised of:
Basic Science
Rony Dev, DO MS, Senior Section Editor
Amy L. Davis, DO MS FACP FAAHPM
Rosene Pirrello, RPh
Jacob Strand, MD
Bioethics, Humanities, and Spirituality
Jessica A. Moore, DHCE MA, Senior Section Editor
Timothy Mark Corbett, MD MA HMDC FAAHPM
Hunter Groninger, MD FACP FAAHPM
Adam Marks, MD
Beth Popp, MD HMDC FAAHPM FACP
Erin K. Zahradnik, MD
Geriatrics and Care Transitions
Eric Widera, MD FAAHPM, Senior Section Editor
Gouri S. Bhattacharyya, MD PhD MRCP F-AcadTM FACCP F-ASPET
David B. Brecher, MD FAAFP FAAHPM
Elizabeth Chuang, MD MPH
Catherine Bree Johnston, MD MPH
Hospice, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Interface, and Regulatory Issues
Joel S. Policzer, MD FACP FAAHPM, Senior Section Editor
Christopher Jones, MD FAAHPM
Matthew G. Kestenbaum, MD FAAHPM
Nina O’Connor, MD FAAHPM
Renato Samala, MD HMDC FACP
Pediatrics
Robert C. Macauley, MD FAAP FAAHPM, Senior Section Editor
Christopher A. Collura, MD FAAP
Kevin Madden, MD FAAP
Sue Sreedhar
Rachel Thienprayoon, MD MSCS
Psychosocial
Ronit Elk, PhD, Senior Section Editor
Dan Handel, MD
Karen Ogle, MD FAAHPM
Laura Porter, PhD
Abby R. Rosenberg, MD MS FAAP
Symptom Assessment and Management
Marcin Chwistek, MD FAAHPM, Senior Section Editor
Dulce Crus-Oliver, MD
Giovanni Elia, MD FAAHPM
Jennifer Pruskowski, PharmD BCPS BCGP CPE
Jason A. Webb, MD FAPA