References
A Delicate Balance: Living Successfully with Chronic Illness
by Susan Milstrey Wells
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

The Chronic Illness Workbook: Strategies And Solutions for Taking Back Your Life
by Patricia A. Fennell
Publisher: Albany Health Management Publishing

You Don't LOOK Sick!: Living Well With Invisible Chronic Illness
by Joy H. Selak and Steven S. Overman
Publisher: Haworth Press

Consumer Information from the Federal Government
The quarterly Consumer Information Center Catalog lists more than 200 helpful federal publications. For your free copy write Consumer Information Catalog, Pueblo, CO 81009, call 1-888-8-PUEBLO or visit www.pueblo.gsa.gov. *

Helpful Links *
www.sharethecare.org
Share the Care is a non-profit dedicated to educating the public, health professionals and clergy about group caregiving as a proven option for meeting the needs of the seriously ill or dying, those in rehabilitiation, the elderly in need of assistance and their caregivers.

www.cancer.org
The American Cancer Society has fact sheets, information on research, detection, and treatment, and a state-by-state lists of ACS offices. Plus, there are special sections for breast and prostate cancer.

http://cancer.med.upenn.edu
OncoLife, from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, is a helpful site for understanding the basics of the various cancers and their treatment.

www.parkinson.org 
The National Parkinson Foundation educates patients, their caregivers and the general public and strives to improve the quality of life for both patients and their caregivers.

www.wish.org
The Make-A-Wish Foundation tries to grant wishes to children in the United States with life-threatening medical conditions.