Fact Sheets: Support, Coping, and Resources
Advance Directives
(Reviewed: 03/07/2000) - A fact sheet that explains informed consent and end-of-life issues during advanced or terminal disease.
End-of-Life Care: Questions and Answers
(Reviewed: 10/30/2002) - This fact sheet answers some of the questions that many patients, their family members, and caregivers have about the end of life.
Home Care for Cancer Patients
(Reviewed: 03/09/2009) - A fact sheet about the various services provided by home care agencies and financial assistance available from government, public, and private agencies.
Hospice
(Reviewed: 04/18/2006) - A fact sheet about organizations that provide hospice care; it also discusses insurance coverage.
How To Find Resources in Your Own Community If You Have Cancer
(Reviewed: 08/05/2005) - A fact sheet that discusses the types of help that are available to people with cancer and where to find these services.
Palliative Care in Cancer
(Reviewed: 03/16/2010) - This fact sheet describes the role of palliative care, which is comfort care given to a patient who has a serious or life-threatening disease, such as cancer, from the time of diagnosis and throughout the course of illness.
Understanding Prognosis and Cancer Statistics: Questions and Answers
(Reviewed: 03/07/2008) - A fact sheet about the importance of predicting disease outcome and recovery, and how statistics are used to estimate prognosis.
(Reviewed: 03/07/2000) - A fact sheet that explains informed consent and end-of-life issues during advanced or terminal disease.
End-of-Life Care: Questions and Answers
(Reviewed: 10/30/2002) - This fact sheet answers some of the questions that many patients, their family members, and caregivers have about the end of life.
Home Care for Cancer Patients
(Reviewed: 03/09/2009) - A fact sheet about the various services provided by home care agencies and financial assistance available from government, public, and private agencies.
Hospice
(Reviewed: 04/18/2006) - A fact sheet about organizations that provide hospice care; it also discusses insurance coverage.
How To Find Resources in Your Own Community If You Have Cancer
(Reviewed: 08/05/2005) - A fact sheet that discusses the types of help that are available to people with cancer and where to find these services.
Palliative Care in Cancer
(Reviewed: 03/16/2010) - This fact sheet describes the role of palliative care, which is comfort care given to a patient who has a serious or life-threatening disease, such as cancer, from the time of diagnosis and throughout the course of illness.
Understanding Prognosis and Cancer Statistics: Questions and Answers
(Reviewed: 03/07/2008) - A fact sheet about the importance of predicting disease outcome and recovery, and how statistics are used to estimate prognosis.