ByDiana Hall - Librarian, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver

The following recommended materials are available at the BC Cancer Agency Library. Call 6604-675-8001 or 1-888-675-8001 local 8001 or www.bccancer.bc.ca.

Breast cancer husband: how to help your wife (and yourself) through diagnosis, treatment, and beyond.
Marc Silver
(2004)

Helping Your Mate Face Breast Cancer
Judy Kneece, RN, OCN
(Edu Care Publ., 2001)

Emotional facts of life with cancer: a guide to counselling and support for patients, families and friends
Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology
(2003)

When a parent is sick: helping parents explain serious illness to children
Hamilton, Joan
(2001)

The Hope Tree: Kids Talk about Breast Cancer
Numeroff, Laura
(2001)

Hear how I feel

Kids tell kids what it's like when their mother or father has cancer

Living with it: mother to daughter: women living with recurrent breast cancer share their experiences

Spouse to spouse: what it's like when your partner has cancer

We can cope: when a parent has cancer
(3 videos for parent, teen, child)

We can cope: helping parents help children when a parent has cancer

Will my mom be OK? Families talk about breast cancer

BC Cancer Agency - Library

Breast Cancer Action Nova Scotia - How We Told Our Children Series

People Living With Cancer (American Society of Clinical Oncology)under "Coping/ relationships with family and friends"