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Cancer Care Chronicles

Last Christmas—Counseling Patients in the Era of COVID-19

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To identify the key insights or developments described in this article

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JAMA Oncology

Published Online: March 18, 2021

Cancer Care Chronicles

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Christopher E. Jensen, MD^1,2

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¹Divisions of Oncology and Hematology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
²Geriatric Oncology Program, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill

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When I began my oncology fellowship, I anticipated leading difficult conversations with patients. I welcomed the opportunity and challenge of engaging with people during some of the most difficult experiences of their lives. I foresaw discussing pathogenesis and prognosis, treatment and toxic effects, and hope and healing. I felt that my earlier training experiences had left me well equipped to convey this information and these ideas clearly, in a manner that would facilitate understanding and aid decision-making for patients and their families.

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Article Information

Corresponding Author: Christopher E. Jensen, MD, Divisions of Oncology and Hematology and Geriatric Oncology Program, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Physicians Office Building, CB# 7305, 3rd Floor, 170 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (christopher.jensen@unchealth.unc.edu).

Published Online: March 18, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.0125

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Jensen reports a grant from the National Institutes of Health (National Research Service Award T32-CA233419) outside the submitted work.

Additional Contributions: We thank the patients and their families for granting permission to publish this information.

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Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Journal-based CME activity activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
1.00 CME points in the American Board of Surgery’s (ABS) Continuing Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.