Increasing Lung Cancer Screening Referrals in Patients with Tobacco Use Disorder

Lung cancer in the United States is a substantial cause of mortality. According to the American College of Radiology’s Lung Cancer Screening Registry, only 1.9% of eligible patients were screened for lung cancer in 2016. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network and U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines recommend lung cancer screening (LCS) in high-risk patients. The USPSTF recommends screening current and former smokers aged 55-80 years who have smoked for 20 or more pack-years, and for former smokers, those that have quit within 15 years

In the Flesh: Fiction as an Incarnational Art

My goal in this paper is to support O’Connor’s claim that fiction is “incarnational” by providing additional evidence and addressing implications that she doesn’t. I am professing that fiction-writing is indeed “incarnational,” in even more ways than O’Connor directly expresses. If this thesis holds true, then it is difficult for Christians to rightly make light of the art of story-writing. Contempt for creative writers is tempered in our time more by a trend toward tolerance than by public or personal conviction of the human need for storytellers. Even in an environment where making money and tending to physical needs and desires is prioritized, telling stories is essential. Although it would seem that Christians hold an advantage in understanding the significance of artistic creation, many who set out to follow Christ discount or greatly underestimate the importance of storytelling. Art is a spiritual endeavor, healing and stimulating the soul. Stories in particular, in that they are art, are also spiritual. But they are not just that. As Flannery O’Connor proclaims, they are “an incarnational art,” as much physical as they are spiritual, as paradoxical as God Himself in the flesh