Online Information and Stories

• Cancer Australia developed ‘Yarn for Life’ to support people to begin conversations about cancer.
• Pop Arthur comic tells the story of a man on his end-of-life journey in the midst of family who aren’t sure what should be done.
• Palliative Care: ‘It’s the beginning of your health care dreaming’ brochure (pdf).

• Cancer Australia have developed a range of resources to provide information and Resources for people with cancer, their families and communities.
• Cancer Council NSW, Cancer Council SA, Cancer Council WA, Cancer Council VIC, and Cancer Council QLD have a series of cancer fact sheets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
• Marri Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation have a booklet Cancer Information for Patients, Family and Friends (pdf)
• Northern Territory Department of Health have produced booklets on palliative care for patients with Sick Kidneys Part 1 (pdf) and Part 2 (pdf).

It can be comforting to hear real stories from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families who have been through similar experiences.
These online stories may be relevant:

• Listen to a podcast of Karen’s Story from Palliative Care Victoria. Karen has cared for three family members with cancer. She describes how palliative care helped on the journey to the Dreaming.
• In our care into your hands: Aboriginal stories about approaching the end of life (pdf) from the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District in NSW.
• Wominjeka: Welcome to our Journey (pdf) from Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation.
• Aboriginal Cancer Journeys (pdf) from Cancer Council NSW.
• A cancer journey: a cancer story for remote Indigenous patients in the Northern Territory (pdf) from the NT Department of Health.