Breast Cancer Treatment Booklet The Breast Cancer Informed Consent Law (Michigan Public Act 368 of 1978, as amended by Public Act 195 of 1986 and Public Act 15 of 1989) requires Michigan physicians responsible for administering treatment to breast cancer patients to inform them about alternative methods of cancer treatment, including surgical, radiological, or chemotherapeutic treatments, or any other generally accepted medical treatment. This explanation should include discussing advantages, disadvantages and risks associated with each method of treatment and documented in the patient's medical record. For information on ordering a booklet that meets the requirements of the law, please refer to the Michigan Department of Community Health Breast Cancer Treatment Booklet Order Form(available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file).*
Michigan Department of Community Health — Michigan's Genetics Resource Center www.migeneticsconnection.org
The Genetics Resource Center is a program of the Michigan Department of Community Health, Genomics and Genetic Disorders Section. This Web site is intended to be a one-stop site for genetics information in Michigan. Sections include: Adult Genetics & Chronic Disease; Birth Defects & Folic Acid; Community Involvement; Data & Reports; Events Calendar; Funding & Reimbursement; Genes & Environment; Genetic Health Services; Genetic Literacy; Laboratory Services; Newborn Screening; Policy & Law; Research in Michigan; State Plan; and Support Group Directory. The Genetic Literacy Section provides links to publications, courses, and Web sites that help members of the public and health professionals make the best use of genetic information for preventing disease and improving health, as well as links to resources about family support services for individuals with genetic conditions or other special health needs.
Colorectal
Cancer Public Education Materials for Arab Americans — Michigan's large Arab-American population has colorectal cancer screening
rates that are significantly lower than the statewide average (18 percent
of Arab Americans in Michigan receive appropriate screening, compared
with 32 percent of all Michigan residents).
The Michigan Physician Guide to End-of-Life Care www.michigan.gov/documents/mdch/EOL__COMPLETE_317766_7.pdf (2010 update; available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)*
In a collaborative effort, the Michigan Department of Community Health, the Michigan State Medical Society, the Michigan Osteopathic Association, the Michigan State Medical Society Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and the American Physicians Assurance Corporation created this 50-page booklet to help physicians, patients and families deal more effectively with dying and death. Chapters include: "Communication at the End of Life;" "Advance Care Planning;" "Pain and Other Physical Symptoms;" "Palliative Care;" "Withdrawing or Withholding Specific Treatments;" "Hospice: A Team Approach to Care;" and "Emotions, Spirituality and the Tasks of Dying."
Caring Conversations Workbook www.practicalbioethics.org/cpb.aspx?pgID=986(available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)*
Originally produced by the Midwest Bioethics Center in Kansas City, MO, this June 2003 publication includes adaptations for its use by Michigan residents. The workbook is designed to help individuals and their families share meaningful conversation while making practical preparations for end-of-life decisions.
Caring Choices: A Guide to End-of-Life Decisions and Care Published in 2002 by the Michigan Partnership for the Advancement of End-of-Life Care, this guide is designed to help people to think about what they want in end-of-life care, ask for what they need, and understand some of the steps they need to take to make sure they receive the care they desire. It is available in English, Spanish and Arabic versions. To order it, contact the Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization at 800-536-6300 (e-mail: mihospice@mihospice.org).
Information Resource Guide to End of Life Care www.michigan.gov/documents/End_of_Life_Resource
Guide_51281_7.pdf(available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)*
This publication provides a variety of resources that will be of help to people who have a terminal illness and their family members and other caregivers.
This site includes a link to the Commission's final report to the Governor (Michigan Commission on End-of-Life Care Report to the Governor, July 2002; available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file).* It also has a link to the Michigan Commission on End-of-Life Care Report to the Governor, August 2001 (available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file),* which includes the Commission's recommended model state and institutional policies for end-of-life care. It also includes the results of the Commission's survey on the availability and cost of public and private insurance coverage for hospice services, pain management, and palliative care.
MCC Prostate Cancer Patient Educational Materials
and Web Site (www.prostatecancerdecision.org)
The MCC Prostate Cancer Action Committee operates this site to help inform early prostate cancer patients. The site includes an easy-to-navigate Web version of the MCC booklet Making the Choice: Deciding What to Do About Early Stage Prostate Cancer, as well as an interactive tool that enables patients to determine five-year survival rates using their prostate specific antigen (PSA) test results, tumor state, and grade.
Web site visitors can download an Adobe Acrobat PDF English- , Spanish- , or Arabic-language version of the Making the Choice booklet, or they can order it in a color-printed format or as an audio set containing one CD and one cassette. A link to an Adobe Acrobat PDF English-language version of the booklet as adapted by the South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency in Shelton, WA, for use by members of five Northwest Tribes (Chehalis, Nisqually, Shoalwater Bay, Skokomish and Squaxin Island) is also included.
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