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Patient Education Resource Center at U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center
The web is teeming with resources for patients who would like to take control of their health care. A good place to start your research is with the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center's Patient Education Center. Our librarian, Alexandra Sarkozy, can help you find the right information for you. Also, visit the PERC to receive a Patient Tool Kit to help you stay organized.

 

Learning to Choose:
How to make the right medical decisions for you
Thrive profiles one family's path to choosing medical care at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The story discusses research at the U-M Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences and Medicine that seeks to help people make the best choices for their care.

 

Help Wanted:
Patients key to advancing cancer treatment through clinical trials
Thrive talks with Maha Hussain, M.D., associate director of clinical research at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, about why some patients choose to participate in research studies as part of their cancer treatment plan.

Other Resources

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Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR)
Find an online support group.

Center for Advancing Health

Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making

Health News Review
Visit this website to read experts' reviews of news stories about medicine and science.

Journal of Participatory Medicine

Prepared Patient Forum

Jessie Gruman's tweets on health headlines

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ePatients: How They Can Help Us Heal Healthcare
Read the document at the core of the e-patient movement.

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This article first appeared in the Winter, 2012 issue of Thrive. Print Thrive Magazine; Winter, 2012