The Southern California Physician, October, 2001

Medical Society News & Information
October 2001


Send Us Your E-Mail Addresses
The Medical Society is working very diligently to improve communication with all members, and e-mail is one of the best ways we can get current information to you easily and quickly.

Unfortunately, we do not have e-mail addresses for everyone. Please won't you assist us in our efforts to update our records by forwarding your e-mail address to Lucy Garcia, Director of Membership, at lgarcia@sbcms.org or call (909) 825-6526. E-mail addresses are not shared or published.

CMA On-Call Documents Free to CMA Members
CMA On-Call documents are available on cmanet.org and are free to CMA members. Log on to the Members Only section at http://www.cmanet.org/logon, then select CMA On-Call. Information: CMA legal information specialists, 415/882-5144.

American Cancer Society's Informed Decisions
Alert your patients that the second edition of the American Cancer Society's award-winning book, Informed Decisions, the essential reference for anyone confronting cancer, will be in bookstores on November 1. Written in an easy-to-understand and use format, Informed Decisions helps cancer patients and their loved ones make the right decisions-informed decisions-that fit their particular needs.

The newly updated edition reflects the most recent developments in cancer diagnosis, care and prevention. The facts and figures included are the very latest available on every aspect of cancer.

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The American Cancer Society has announced that Informed Decisions will be in bookstores nationwide on November 1, 2001. Individual copies can also be ordered on the American Cancer Society website (www.cancer.org) or by calling 1-800-ACS-2345.

Put Your Medical Group Web Site On The Map
Patients and physicians can learn more about medical group practices within their state by visiting the Group Practice Map on the AMA's Web site at www.ama-assn.org GroupPracticeMap.

If your medical group has a web site, you can promote it on the Map free of charge. Traffic to the site is increasing daily. Just e-mail your group practice web site address (URL) to carrie_waller@ama-assn.org. (312)) 464-4546.

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