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Parent Handbook

This Parent Handbook has been produced by the Oncology/Hematology/BMT program and the Department of Patient/Family Education at Children's Hospital.  It is an excellent source of information and is given to parents when their child has been diagnosed with cancer. Health care professionals will find valuable information in the handbook as well.

The following documents are available in Adobe® PDF (portable document format). This requires the use of the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader plug-in, which can be downloaded free of charge.
 
Chapter 1:  About the Hospital
Chapter 2:  Some Things Will Never Be The Same Again
Chapter 3:  About Diagnosis
Chapter 4:  About Treatment
Chapter 5:  Managing the Common Side Effects of Cancer Treatment (including reducing the risk of infections)
Chapter 6:  Going Home From The Hospital
Chapter 7:  Resources
Chapter 8:  Recordkeeping

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About HSCTs

FAQs about HSCT
Going Home after Allogeneic SCT
Going Home after Autologous SCT
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection - PBSC

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About Chemotherapy Drugs

Drug information for patients/parents is available on the BC Cancer Agency website
Chemotherapy:  Safety at Home

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About Financial Support 

Financial Resources
BC Cancer Agency Financial Information for Patients 

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About Special Equipment/Devices

Personal Supports Information Line. The Information Line will help make it easier for British Columbians to access information about government programs that provide equipment and assistive devices for persons with disabilities.

Contact details for the Information Line are as follows:

Telephone: 1 888 818-1211

TTY: 1 800 661-8773

E-mail: PersonalSupportsInformation@gov.bc.ca