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CURE

Summer 2011
Volume10
Issue 2

From Our Archives: Advance Directive

Read past articles on advance directives.

You can read more articles on end-of-life planning from CURE's archive:

Q & A: Medicare and Advance Care Planning (Spring 2011)

Getting Medicare payment for end-of-life discussions between patients, families and health professionals has not gone well... [read more]

The New Specialty in Cancer Care (Spring 2008)

Palliative care is catching on in centers across the country, improving quality of life for patients along the way... [read more]

Confronting Death (Summer 2006)

Understanding how and why people approach death differently... [read more]

Articles in this issue
Blog: Standing up to melanoma
Planet Cancer: The Frequently Bizarre Yet Always Informative Experiences and Thoughts of Your Fellow Natives
From Our Archives: Advance Directive
From Our Archives: Art & Healing
Teenage Tan Bans Spreading Across States
Prostate Cancer Prevention Drugs Get a “No” Vote
The Health Care Law: Rhetoric and Reality
Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
From Our Archives: Skin Cancer
Risky Infections
Scarred, Scared, Sacred
Finding Support Online
ASCO Updates
Pomegranate’s Power Over Prostate Cancer
Ferraro Advocated for Myeloma Patients

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