Princess Margaret Hospital
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Patient & Family Library
Patient & Family Resource Centres
Computer Access for You and Your Family
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Patient and Family Resource Centres
Mini-Libraries in the Hospital
More than 22 Patient & Family Resource Centres are located within waiting areas and on in-Patient floors throughout the hospital, where they are easily accessible to you and your family. Each Resource Centre has a collection of resources that focus on the cancer site and the treatment offered by the Clinic.
Visit the Resource Centres in your Clinic!
Resource Centre |
Location |
| Breast Centre | waiting area 2nd floor |
| Chemotherapy Daycare (Temp) | waiting area 2nd floor |
| Gastrointestinal Clinic | waiting area 4th floor |
| Gerry and Nancy Pencer Brain Tumour Centre | library 18th floor |
| Gynecology North & South | waiting areas 1st floor |
| Leukemia/Lymphoma Centre | waiting area 2nd floor |
| Lung/Skin & Sarcoma Clinic | waiting area 4th floor |
| Ocular Oncology (Eye Cancer) Clinic | waiting area 18th floor |
| Palliative care Lounge | 16th floor patient lounge |
| Patient and Family Library | main floor atrium |
| Patient Lounge | 14th floor patient lounge |
| Princess Margaret Hospital Lodge | 545 Jarvis Street |
| Prostate Centre/GU Clinic | waiting area 4th floor |
| Quiet Room | 14th floor quiet room |
| Radiation Therapy | waiting areas 1B & 2B |
| Short Stay Lounge | 18th floor patient lounge |
| Triage Room | 17th floor patient lounge |
| TV Room | 15th floor patient lounge |
| Wharton Head and Neck Centre | waiting area 2nd floor |
Computer Access for You
There are two computers available for use in the Patient & Family Library and there are many more located throughout the Hospital in the Patient & Family Resource Centres (mini libraries) located in clinic waiting areas. Please ask a library staff member for other locations.
We understand that it is important for you to stay in contact with work, friends and family while visiting or staying at Princess Margaret Hospital . Please feel free to use the computers to access your personal or work e-mail accounts at any time. The computers can also be used for personal Internet research and to view the Oncology Interactive Education Series (OIES) CD-ROMs. The OIES contains hours of interactive video with information about specific cancers and is available on all of the computers for your use. The OIES CD-ROMs are also available for 3-week loan in the Patient & Family Library for use with your home computer.
Lists of recommended health information websites that have been reviewed by the Patient Education Librarian are available beside each computer to help you find reliable health information.
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