The Medical Library Association Guide to Cancer Information: Authoritative, Patient-Friendly Print and Electronic Information Sources

According to the American Cancer Society, over 10 million Americans have a history of cancer and over 100 distinct forms of cancer affect those individuals and their families in very different ways. When patrons come to your library with cancer-related questions, will you be prepared with the best resources for them to consult? Now, the Medical Library Association and Ruti Volk (Manager of the Patient Education Resource Center at the University of Michigan s Comprehensive Cancer Center) have assembled an authoritative guide to the best cancer information resources for all levels of readers. Chapters are devoted to both specific types of cancer breast, brain, colon, liver, lung, lymphoma, melanoma, childhood cancers, and more and cancer-related topics chemotherapy, radiation, complementary therapies, nutrition, fertility, talking with children about cancer, etc. and contain a general introduction to the topic with an overview of the information needs of patients and caregivers. For each type of cancer, the author provides an invaluable annotated list of resources, including pamphlets, brochures, consumer health titles, reference sources, videos, CDROMs, Web sites, and more, that incorporates both basic and more advanced treatments. Additional resources such as cancer-patient organizations are also featured. Whether utilized as an aid in cancerrelated searches or as a tool for building a consumer health collection, this unique guide will help any public, academic, or medical library better meet the health information needs of their users.

This book is everything it claims to be: a source of 'authoritative, patient-friendly print and electronic resources on cancer...Because of its well-researched additional information, attention to the reliability of information provided, and the sound advice to librarians throughout, this book is a must for health libraries and librarians. It would be invaluable in any public library...Staff and patients alike should make this their choice when seeking cancer information. --The Australian Library Journal, November 2008

Useful for all librarians who deal with patient and caregiver cancer information. Academic libraries and library schools would be wise to include this title in their collection...Public libraries will find it invaluable... --Journal of the Medical Library Association, April 2008

Superlative work...Information is clearly written and very detailed...While particularly useful for public libraries and their staff, this volume, with its exhaustive, authoritative coverage of cancer, is also appropriate for academic and medical library reference collections --Library Journal, Starred Review, August 2007