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More information from your American Cancer Society

The following related information may also be helpful to you. These materials may be ordered from our toll-free number, 1-800-227-2345, or read on our Web site, www.cancer.org.

Talking With Friends and Relatives About Your Cancer (also available in Spanish)

Listen With Your Heart (also available in Spanish)

Helping Children When a Family Member Has Cancer: Dealing With Diagnosis

Financial Guidance for Cancer Survivors and Their Families: Advanced Illness

Advanced Cancer

Nearing the End of Life

Helping Children When a Family Member Has Cancer: Dealing With a Parent’s Terminal Illness

Hospice Care (also available in Spanish)

Books

The following books are available from the American Cancer Society. Call us to ask about costs or to place your order.

Caregiving: A Step-By-Step Resource for Caring for the Person with Cancer at Home, Revised Edition

When the Focus Is On Care: Palliative Care and Cancer

Cancer in the Family: Helping Children Cope With a Parent’s Illness

National organizations and Web sites*

Along with the American Cancer Society, other sources of information and support include:

Caring Connections, from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
Toll-free number: 1-800-658-8898 (answers as “End-of-Life Consumer Helpline”)
Web site: www.caringinfo.org/AdvanceDirectives

Web site lists each states’ requirements for advance directives and has free downloads of “State-Specific Advance Directives” with forms and instructions for each state

Aging with Dignity
Toll-free number: 1-888-5WISHES (1-888-594-7437)
Web site: www.agingwithdignity.org

To buy the Five Wishes advance directive, which is available in 26 languages and in Braille

Compassion and Choices
Toll-free number: 1-800-247-7421
Web site: www.compassionandchoices.org

Offers worksheets, forms, and assistance in completing advance directives, and to help you talk to families, friends, and health care providers about your health care wishes

American Bar Association - Consumer's Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning
Web site: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/resources/consumer_s_toolkit_for_health_care_advance_planning.html

Has self-help worksheets, tips, and resources to help you think about your values, priorities, the meaning of your life, and your quality of life in order to put together the best advance directive for you

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Toll-free number: 1-800-422-6237 (1-800-4-CANCER)
Web site: www.cancer.gov

Has information on advance planning and advance directives

Cancer Legal Resource Center
Toll-free number: 1-866-843-2572 (1-866-THE-CLRC)
Web site: www.cancerlegalresourcecenter.org

Offers free and low-cost legal information and referrals to people with cancer. If no one answers the phone, leave a number and message for call back.

No matter who you are, we can help. Contact us anytime, day or night, for cancer-related information and support. Call us at 1-800-227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.