Author

Thernstrom, Melanie

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Picador

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

xiv, 418 p. ; 21 cm

Subjects

Pain - etiology

Pain - psychology

Pain - therapy

Chronic Disease - psychology

Chronic Disease - therapy

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780312573072

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WL704 T411p 2010

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Author

Cousins, Norman

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Company

Publication Date

1979

Physical Description

173 p. ; 19 cm.

Subjects

Attitude to Health

Consumer Participation

Volition

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780393038873

0393038874

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WD375 C867 1979

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Author

Palma, David

Place of Publication

Oakland, CA

Publisher

New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

x, 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Neoplasms--therapy

Neoplasms - psychology

Patient Navigation

Patient Participation - methods

Health Services Accessibility

Decision Making

Quality of Health Care

Physician-Patient Relations

Popular Work

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022 (F0002328)

ISBN

9781626258624

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 P171 2017

Website Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

Access to color figures and links relevant to each chapter.

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Author

Bernhard, Toni

Place of Publication

Somerville, MA

Publisher

Wisdom Publications

Publication Date

2015

Physical Description

xiii, 337 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Chronic Disease - psychology

Chronic Disease - therapy

Chronic Pain - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Mindfulness

Compassion

Popular Work

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN

9781614292487

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WM172.4 B527 2015

Website Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Corporate Author

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Cancer View Canada

Publication Date

[2010]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (105 min.)

Series

Truth of it 6

Subjects

Palliative Care

Terminal Care - psychology

Neoplasms - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Patient Comfort

Social Support

Caregivers

Family Relations

Patients

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

Bringing to light the concerns and needs of palliative care patients, this set of videos aims to support individuals receiving end-of-life care, as well as caregivers and health care providers working with them.

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ201 T875p 2010 v.6

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Alternate Title

Cancer : fifty (50) essential things to do : completely revised and updated with a new holistic approach : 2013 edition

Author

Anderson, Greg

Edition

4th ed., completely rev. and updated.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Plume

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

xvii, 296p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Patient Participation

Holistic Health

Complementary Therapies

Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical

Self Care

Popular Work

ISBN

9780452298286

0452298288

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ201 A5461 2013

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Author

Sheehy, Gail

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Harper

Publication Date

2011

Physical Description

xv, 396 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Caregivers - psychology

Chronic Disease

Family Relations

Home Nursing

ISBN

9780061661204

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WY200 S541 2011

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Author

Dallaire, Deny

Place of Publication

Moncton, N.B.

Publisher

Deny Dallaire

Transcontinental Printing

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

xviii, 177 p ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Hodgkin Disease

Survivors

Christianity

Adaptation, Psychological

Personal Narratives

ISBN

9780986540806

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 D144 2010

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Alternate Title

Be active : survivorship education for chinese-speaking cancer patients

Author

Kwong, Sandy

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services

Publication Date

2015

Physical Description

92 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - education

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Survivors

Patient Education

Patient-Centered Care

Adaptation, Psychological

Self Care

Self-Help Groups

Social Support

BC Cancer Agency

Language

English

Chinese

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

VC Library Archives

Call Number

WA18.2 B365 2015

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Author

Bartley, Trish

Place of Publication

Chichester, West Sussex

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

xii, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Mindfulness

Neoplasms - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Cognitive Therapy - methods

Mind-Body Therapies

Self Care

Personal Narratives

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN

9781118926284

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ266 B291 2017

Website Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

Companion website with additional resources available

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Author

Schmidt, Cary

Place of Publication

Lancaster, CA

Publisher

Striving Together Publications

Publication Date

2011

Physical Description

xxiii, 207p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Hodgkin Disease - psychology

Spiritual Therapies

Adaptation, Psychological

Life Change Events

Christianity

Personal Narratives

ISBN

9781598941692

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 S349 2011

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Author

Goldberg, Stan

Place of Publication

Lanham, MD

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

xi, 199 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Communication

Caregivers - psychology

Emotional Adjustment

Terminal Care

Patient Comfort

Compassion

Empathy

Helping Behavior

Interpersonal Relations

Popular Work

ISBN

9780810895867

0810895862

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 G618 2016

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Author

Marchiano, Melinda

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

San Luis Obispo, CA

Publisher

Happy Quail

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

xiii, 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Child

Hodgkin Disease

Adaptation, Psychological

Life Change Events

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780984271207

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ201 M319 2010

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Author

Ornish, Dean

Ornish, Anne

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Publication Date

2019

Physical Description

xviii, 506 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Chronic Disease - therapy

Chronic Disease - prevention & control

Diet Therapy

Healthy Lifestyle

Popular Work

ISBN

9780525479970

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ185 O74 2019

Website Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Author

Sharman, Zena

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

Arsenal Pulp Press

Publication Date

2016

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Sexual and Gender Minorities

Transgender Persons

Minority Health

Health Services for Transgender Persons

Healthcare Disparities

Personal Narratives

Abstract

Table of contents:

Introduction: Why Queer and Trans Health Stories Matter -- Appendix -- Call in Sick -- Name Game: Being Seen in My Entirety -- Unlearning: Improving Trans Care by Reorienting Medical and Nursing Discourse -- Navigating This Life as a Black Intersex Man -- Confessions of a Gender Specialist -- Read This Before Your Next Clinical Visit: Cheap Advice for Frequent Patients -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Q Card Project (Seattle, Washington) -- Using Medical Education to Advance Health of LGBT Individuals -- Health as a Spiritual Practice: Or, Please Don?t Call Me ?Lady? -- Our Caregiving, Ourselves -- Queer in Common Country -- NIRKwUSCIN -- A Journey Towards Safety -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services LGBTQ+ Newcomer Initiatives (Toronto, Ontario) -- Sex Work Solidarity as Healing: in four parts -- The Disclosure of Specialization: A QPOC Therapist?s Questions about Embodied Mirroring and Mentoring -- Trans Grit -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Trans Buddy Program (Nashville, Tennessee) -- Rivers of Our Lives: Stigma and Dislocations as Part of Life Course -- Sick of it: One patient?s adventures in heteronormativity -- Remedial Asexuality: Sexualnormativity in Health Care -- Five Things Providers Need to Know about Bisexual People -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Affirmations Deck (Toronto, Ontario) -- Breaking Down Barriers: A Journey to Increase Collaboration and Understanding Between LGBT2-SQ and Medical Communities -- Baby Escape Plan Two -- Mind Your Words -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre (Vancouver, BC) -- We Don?t Have to Numb Out to Be Out -- Depathologizing Trans -- Through the Body -- Healing Exchanges: The Necessity of Beloved Community for Queer Survivors of Colour -- Not a Liability: On Trauma-Informed Care and Community Acupuncture -- Listen -- Waiting on Information from Doctors.

Notes

SOGIE 2SLGBTQIA Collection

ISBN

9781551526584

9781551526591

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca to obtain a username and password from the Library.

Author

Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Publisher

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

272 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Mentally Disabled Persons - psychology

Learning Disorders - psychology

Intellectual Disability - psychology

Neoplasms - psychology

Comorbidity

Terminal Care - methods

Autobiography

ISBN

9781849050272

1849050279

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ200 T914 2010

Copies

Corporate Author

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Cancer View Canada

Publication Date

2010

Series

Truth of it 2

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Social Support

Adaptation, Psychological

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Family Relations

Survivors

Patients

Body Image

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

QZ201 T875c 2010 v.2

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Alternate Title

Living a healthy life with chronic conditions : for ongoing physical and mental health conditions

Author

Lorig, Kate

Holman, Halsted

LaBossiere Huebner, Trude

McGowan, Patrick

Edition

Canadian 4th ed.

Place of Publication

Boulder, CO

Publisher

Bull Publishing Company

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

vii, 368 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

ebrary books for public

Subjects

Chronic Disease

Heart Diseases

Lung Diseases

Diabetes Mellitus

Arthritis

Self Care

Self-Management

Exercise

Decision Making

Communication

Problem Solving

Healthy Lifestyle

Popular Work

Notes

Canadian edition - 4th edition revised and updated.

ISBN

9781936693498

9781936693573

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

WT500 L785 2013

Website Notes

Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca or calling 1.888.675.8001 x 7000 (toll-free) to obtain a username and password.

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Corporate Author

British Columbia. Ministry of Health

Place of Publication

[Victoria, BC?]

Publisher

Ministry of Health

Publication Date

2012

Subjects

Advance Care Planning

Patient Care Planning

Decision Making

Resuscitation Orders

Advance Directives

British Columbia

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Handout

Online

Pamphlet

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

Scroll down to Brochures. Click on link for downloadable PDF. Available in English, Punjabi, Chinese languages.

Alternate Title

BC Cancer Agency care and research : 2016 report to the community

Corporate Author

BC Cancer Agency

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

BC Cancer Agency

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

38 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects

Biomedical Research

Oncology Nursing

Clinical Trials

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Neoplasms - therapy

Patient-Centered Care

Research Report

BC Cancer Agency

Cancer Care Facilities

Delivery of Health Care

Language

English

Material Type

Report

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library BCCA Pubs

Abbotsford Library

Kelowna Library

Surrey Library

Victoria Library

VC Library Archives