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COVID-19 heightens urgency of advanced care planning, according to WVU study

Danielle Funk, program manager of the West Virginia Center for End-of-Life Care and lead author of the study, said calls to the Center spiked threefold in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. This indicates a new sense of urgency in advance care planning – such as completing directives and medical orders (i.e. Do-Not-Resuscitate forms) – in West Virginia.

Invitation to Take a Survey to Help Inform Cancer Care

"We are proud to partner with the National LGBT Cancer Network! Out: The National Cancer Survey, the national survey specifically for LGBTQI+ cancer survivors. Take the survey & help inform cancer care for the estimated 81,000 LGBTQI+ people who are diagnosed with cancer every year. https://bit.ly/35LyPlW #outsurvey"