Support Services

The Visiting Nurses Association in your area are also very helpful. They come right to the home and help with medical as well as day-day, life issues. The first place to look would be the social work department in the hospital you are being treated at. If you are a breast cancer patient you have many of organizations that help....SHARE, the American Cancer Society, Gilda Club ect.

Online support is a great option too....TalkAboutHealth is a great place to start!!

At Columbia Presbyterian I work with Women At Risk, an organization that supports women with breast cancer. I run a support group and we also have a volunteer library staffed by survivors.

Well I can only speak to my position at NYP. We are hippa trained and understand the need for confidentiality. This is the same level of privacy held by the doctors and nurses. Well I can only speak to my position at NYP. We are hippa trained and understand the need for confidentiality. This is the same level of privacy held by the doctors and nurses.