How to Find Medical Information. A publication offering guidance on using your local library, the federal government, and the Internet to get information on an illness or disorder.
“Hope Begins in the Dark: 50 Lymphoma Survivors, Tell Their Exclusive Life Stories.” This book is edited by Jamie Reno, a veteran, award-winning journalist with Newsweek. The website has many other helpful links.
Self-Education Facilities
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Eleanor and Maxwell Blum Patient and Family Resource Center For many individuals and families, a diagnosis of cancer (or a related disease) brings the need for information. The Blum Resource Center and its satellite resource rooms at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital provide comfortable places to learn. Each site offers books, brochures, computers, videotapes, and audiotapes to help you find the information and support you may need. Part reference library and part lending library, the Blum Resource Center is staffed by professionals and volunteers who are committed to helping you.
The Eleanor and Maxwell Blum Patient and Family Resource Center The center's main office, this room contains a large selection of materials for all patients. Open weekdays, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
(617) 632-5570
(800) 525-5068The Betty Ann Blum and Marjorie Blum Pediatric Resource Room < class="body_text"> Located on the third floor of the Dana building, it serves parents and families of children receiving care at the Jimmy Fund Clinic. Its hours are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
(617) 632-3900The Houghton Mifflin Patient and Family Resource Room
Housed in the Gillette Center for Women's Cancers on Dana 9, this room is open to all women and their families. Usual hours are weekdays, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
(617) 632-3435
A diagnosis of cancer often is followed by the need for information—about the diagnosis itself, as well as treatment options, research, complementary therapies and support services. At Emerson, patients and family members turn to the Lund Community Health Library, located next to the Bethke Cancer Center . For more information, call (978) 287-3090.
The Cancer Survival Toolbox is a free, self-learning audio program that has been developed by leading cancer organizations to help people develop important skills to better meet and understand the challenges of their illness. While created primarily for people who have been recently diagnosed with cancer, the Toolbox can help anyone who is facing hard decisions and changes in life due to cancer. Family members and caregivers can also use the Toolbox on behalf of a child or anyone else affected by cancer.
You can listen to the Toolbox in English or Spanish from this Web site, or download the English, Spanish, or Chinese transcripts. The Toolbox is now also available on iTunes.
The Toolbox is made possible by unrestricted educational grants from the Amgen Foundation, the Bayer Foundation, the Eli Lilly Foundation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and the Sanofi-Aventis Foundation.
