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Are you unable to visit the library’s
Phillip West Memorial Cancer Resource Center? The following local and
national organizations will deliver resources on prevention, diagnosis,
treatment, and living with cancer directly to your home.
Your local public library:
Williamsburg Regional Library
- "FROM US TO YOU" Library
Service to Homebound Patrons (259-4062)
The Library’s Homebound Program
provides free delivery of library materials to homebound residents of
Williamsburg, James City County and upper York County. If you are unable
to visit one of the library locations or the Bookmobile due to illness or
physical disability, you are eligible for this FREE service. Besides
cancer-related books, you will also have a choice of regular fiction,
large print books, videos, audio-books and compact discs. Once a month,
your library materials will be delivered to you and items you are finished
with will be picked up. You may cancel the service at any time.
- The Library's Phillip West Memorial
Cancer Resource Center Find local and global
cancer-related
information through your home computer by accessing the Library’s Center
web site, www.westcancer.org
- Ask-A-Librarian, Electronic
Reference Question Service Send your question to the Adult
Services Department's reference librarians through the library's
website, www.wrl.org/ask
National Organizations:
National Cancer Institute - Cancer
Information Service
1-800-4-CANCER (24 hours a day)
- latest treatment
- clinical trials
- detection
- reducing risk
- pain management
- nutrition
- drugs
American Cancer Society - Patient and
Family Services
1-800-240-4227 (Peninsula)
1-888-227-6333 (ACS Cancer Resource Center)
- cancer information brochures
- treatment facilities information
- services & resources - medical
supplies, medical equipment, prescription medication assistance,
transportation for treatment, cancer support groups, employment and
insurance concerns
- patient and family education and
coping programs
- nutrition/dietician counseling
Cancer Care - Emotional support,
psychological and financial counseling
1-800-813-HOPE
Cancer Care also offers a FREE TELECONFERENCE
service. Teleconference is a way for you to get the latest information
on treatment from leading experts without leaving your home or office.
All you need is a telephone in order to be connected with the health
professionals who are making the presentation.
R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation - National
Cancer Hotline
1-800-433-0464 (24 hours a day)
- matches cancer patient to cancer
survivors for peer counseling
National Coalition for Cancer
Survivorship
1-301-650-8868
- information brochures on life after
cancer diagnosis
- insurance or employment discrimination
legal counseling
American Institute for Cancer Research
1-800-843-8114
- cancer and nutrition brochures
- dietary counseling
compiled by
the Reference Department (JCr) 2/01
Williamsburg Regional Library Phillip West Memorial Cancer Resource
Center |
Williamsburg Library
515 Scotland Street
(757) 259-4050 |
James City County
Library
7770 Croaker Road
(757) 259-7720 |
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Website: www.wrl.org |
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