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Reliable information is provided to cancer patients and family members. Click here to link to our Chinese web pages or call HCCN at 408-263-8585 x 102 to request printed materials.
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A booklet containing common bilingual medical and cancer vocabulary is available to help Chinese cancer patients understand their diseases or communicate with health care providers. Click here for a soft copy of the booklet or call us to request a hardcopy.
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Instrumental or vocal music CDs are available to provide comfort and encouragement. Please call us for a free copy.
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Requests for home/hospital visits in the Bay Area may be made by calling HCCN office at 1-888-663-8585. The request must be made by the patient or with the patient’s consent. We’ll call the patient for a telephone interview to better understand the needs so that we can select an appropriate volunteer to visit.
Our volunteers are strictly instructed not to give unauthorized medical advice, or promote any products or nutritional supplements or any other merchandise.
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Teleconference educational seminars for Chinese cancer patients and family members are provided without charge and pre-registration is required. Click here for scheduled teleconferences.
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A list of the community resources for Chinese cancer patients in the Bay Area is available. Click here for the listing.
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A copy of the bereavement materials in Chinese is available for family members who have lost loved ones. Click here to download.
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Click here to download a promotional card (Chinese,
English) to give to Chinese cancer patients about free services available to them, or click here to fill out a form to refer a patient to HCCN.
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