Aboriginal
Aboriginal Cancer Journeys: Our stories of kinship, hope and survival is a book of stories from Aboriginal people affected by cancer. It includes personal insights and words of wisdom so Aboriginal people can get an insight into other people's experience of cancer. See also eight fact sheets
with easy-to-read information about cancer, its treatment and side effects. (Cancer Council NSW and the Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council)
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, cancer resources;
Indigenous Services Directory at Mensline Australia, listing men's services throughout Australia.
‘Sad News, Sorry Business: Guidelines for caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through death and dying’ to help in providing culturally and clinically responsive care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families.
Adolescents and young adults with cancer
Canteen (with links to other good teen and young peoples sites), Planet Cancer
. Young men's Mensline Australia
including Youth Services Directory
Excellent resources for young people dealing with cancer ... (produced by Canteen & Redkite
)
Now What...? Dealing with your parent's cancer
Now What...? Dealing with your brother or sister's cancer
Now What…? Living with the death of your parent or brother or sister
Maybe Later Baby - A guide to fertility for young people with cancer
Carers Caring for the Caregiver
Children and adolescents with Cancer Childhood cancer information:
Children's Cancers - online resource from Cancer Australia
Services available at the Adelaide Womens and Children’s Hospital
Childhood Cancer - information for your family ; Childhood blood disorders - information for your family
McGuinness McDermott Foundation Children's Clinic
Cancer among young South Australians statistical report
Children’s Oncology Group (COG): USA National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored cooperative group dedicated to controlling cancer among children and adolescents.
CureSearch unites the world's largest childhood cancer research organization, the Children's Oncology Group, and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation through their mission to cure childhood cancer. Research is the key to the cure.
Integrative Medicine for Paediatric Patients at the USA Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Children's Cancers
Children's Cancers Services available at the Adelaide Womens and Children’s Hospital: Childhood Cancer - information for your family ; - online resource from Cancer Australia
Childhood blood disorders - information for your family
Culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
Multi-lingual cancer resources are provided by The Cancer Council South Australia (eg Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Italian, Greek, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese). Vietnamese Mensline Australia
including Vietnamese Services Database. Arabic Mensline Australia
including Arabic Services Database.
Gay, Lesbian
''It's a real bugger isn't it dear? - Stories of different sexuality and cancer' This booklet details the personal journeys, through stories and poems, of GLBTIQ people who have had cancer.
Palliative care issues for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
Rural and Remote location residents
Patient Assistance Transport Scheme (PATS). The South Australian Patient Assistance Transport Scheme (PATS) provides some financial reimbursement to country patients and approved escorts with the cost of travel and accommodation when they are required to travel over 100 kilometres (each way) to receive specialist medical treatment that is not available at their nearest centre.
Patient Journey Health Information Resources from Country Health South Australia (CHSA):
· ‘Before You Travel’ – a checklist for people from country SA preparing to travel for medical treatment; includes suggested questions to ask the referring GP / doctor; and
· ‘Contacts for when you travel to access health services’ – a directory of commonly required contacts for people from country SA travelling regionally or to metropolitan Adelaide for medical treatment.
The CHSA Patient Journey Health Information Resources aim to:
· Reduce the number of people from country SA travelling to metropolitan Adelaide for health services by providing a prompt to discuss local / regional options, particularly when journey is GP initiated;
· Provide practical support in a clear format to people from country SA who require access to health services in metropolitan Adelaide.
Arrangements are being made to make this literature available on the Patient Journey Initiative page on the CHSA Web-site (July 2010)