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Care Connection, Inc. Valerie Mullen Pletcher and Janet Teixeira, Co-Directors Delaware Technology Park Cancer Care Connection, an independent non-profit information program
for people affected by cancer, provides telephone consultation by
oncology social workers and oncology nurses. Compassionate individualized
attention enables callers to tell their stories, identify areas
of need and create a plan of action. Cancer Care Connection counselors
coach people to identify the frequently overlooked questions to
ask and to improve patient communication with the many medical specialists
involved in cancer care. Using a specially created database, the
organization helps people find local, regional, and national service
and information resources. Counselors can suggest reliable places
to begin an Internet search in an effort to prevent acute information
overload many patients experience, and can help callers find lawn
care, wigs, financial advice, clinical trials, and more. Searches
are individualized and not limited to existing resource listings.
Cancer Care Connection provides a free public service and also offers
customized group membership services for businesses and employers.
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