LBF resource library

The Leukaemia & Blood Foundation has a small library of books, DVDs, videos, CD ROMs and journals available for loan.

The resources currently catalogued for loan cover a range of topics. Among them are:

Living with cancer
Titles include: Life, Happiness and Cancer; Cancer and How to Live with It; The Journey through Cancer; How to Help Children through a Parent's Serious Illness, and Living with Leukaemia

Disease/treatment
Titles include: Diagnosis Cancer; Adult Leukaemia; 100 Questions & Answers about Lymphoma; Bone Marrow & Blood Stem Cell Transplants - a Guide for Patients, and About Thalassaemia.

Nutrition
Titles include: Foods that Fight Cancer; and The Cancer Recovery Eating Plan.

Palliative care
Titles include: Communicating with Dying People and their Relatives, and A Time to Grieve.

Journals/newsletters available include: MyeNews (Myeloma Australia newsletter); TIF Magazine (Thalassaemia International Federation); IWMF Torch (International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation), and Psycho-Oncology.

There are many other books available for loan, including a selection of text books which may be of interest to nursing staff, including: Essential Haematology in Clinical Practice and Nursing in Haematological Oncology.

Any of these resources can be borrowed by patients and staff. Phone the LBF on 0800 15 10 15 to arrange a loan.