Table 1.
Resources to Assist with Financial Concerns
| American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging. (2009). Legal Guide for the Seriously Ill: Seven Key Steps to Get Your Affairs in Order. American Bar Association & National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. |
| American Cancer Society. (2011, June 27). Medical Insurance and Financial Assistance for the Cancer Patient. Retrieved from http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/002562-pdf.pdf |
| American Cancer Society. (2002). Coping Financially With the Loss of a Loved One. National Endowment for Financial Education. |
| America’s Health Insurance Plans. (2004). Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance. Washington, DC: America’s Health Insurance Plans. |
| Brumley, R.D., & Hillary, K. (2002). The TriCentral Palliative Care Program Toolkit. Kaiser Permanente. |
| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (2011, September 20). Health insurance reform for consumers. Retrieved from http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume |
| Dolan, S.R., & Vizzard, A.R. (2009). The End of Life Advisor: Personal, Legal, and Medical Considerations for a Peaceful Dignified Death. New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing. |
| Dratch, Dana. (2008, August 20). 16 ways to slash your insurance rates. Retrieved from http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/InsureYourHealth/16waysToSlashYourInsuranceRates.aspx?page=2 |
| Harpham, W.S. (2003). Diagnosis: Cancer. Your Guide to the First Months of Healthy Survivorship (3rd ed.). New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. |
| Harwell, A. (1995). Ready to Live: Prepared to Die. Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers. |
| Hoffman, B. (Ed.). (2004). National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. A Cancer Survivor’s Almanac: Charting Your Journey (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons. |
| Hogan, M. (2010). Final Business: A Family Guide to Taking Care of Personal and Business Affairs Before and After the Death of a Loved One. Ashland, OR: Sacred Vigil Press. |
| Information Strategies, Inc. (2007). 2007 HAS Primer For Employees/Individuals/Families. Retrieved from http://www.4hsausers.com/pdf/HSA_Primer_Individual_2007.pdf |
| Landay, D.S. (1998). Be Prepared: The Complete Financial, Legal and Practical Guide to Living with Cancer, HIV and Other Life-Challenging Conditions. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press. |
| Messner, C. & Vera, V. (2011). Cancer and the Workplace. The Oncology Nurse, 4(6), 24-26. |
| MSN Money. (2008, September 2). 9 keys to choosing the right health plan. Retrieved from: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/InsureYourHealth/9KeysToChoosingTheRightHealthPlan.aspx?page=1 |
| Tolley, D.P. (2001). Finding the Money: A Guide to Paying Your Medical Bills. Bend, OR: Diane Pammenter Tolley. |
| U.S. Department of Labor. (2004). The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Fact Sheet. Retrieved from http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsroom/fshipaa.html |
| Weston, L.P. (2007, January 31). A survival guide for the uninsured. MSN Money. Retrieved from http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/InsureYourHealth/AsurvivalGuideForTheUninsured.aspx |