Search Results - BC Cancer Agency Library

From dough to DNA : 601 West Tenth, Vancouver : the bakers, the building and the BC Cancer Research Centre

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Jackson, Stewart M. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Foundation , 2004.

Audience: Patient or Public; Professional

Call Number: QZ11 J14 2004

Availability: 7 copies, 6 available

Author: Jackson, Stewart M

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Foundation

Publication Date: 2004

Subjects: Biomedical Research - history; Medical Oncology - history; BC Cancer Research Centre - history; British Columbia

ISBN: 189662412X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public; Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Library; Kelowna Library; Surrey Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: QZ11 J14 2004

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library			On Loan, due Wednesday, June 5, 2024
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c.2 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library			Available
c.3 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library			Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Library			Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Library			Available
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Secret history of the war on cancer

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Davis, Devra Lee. New York, NY: BasicBooks , 2007.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 D261s 2007

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Relates the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain

Author: Davis, Devra Lee

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: BasicBooks

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xviii, 505 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - history; Carcinogens, Environmental - history; Health Policy - history; Health Policy - economics; Primary Prevention - history; Primary Prevention - economics; History, 20th Century

Abstract: Relates the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain

ISBN: 9780465015665; 0465015662

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 D261s 2007

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library			Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr			Available
c.2 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr			Available

Truth about the drug companies : how they deceive us and what to do about it

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Angell, Marcia. New York, NY: Random House Trade Paperbacks , 2005. updated ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QV736 A583t 2005

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and …

Author: Angell, Marcia

Edition: updated ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: xxviii, 319p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Drug Industry - economics; Advertising as Topic; Pharmaceutical Preparations - economics; Biomedical Research - economics; Government Regulation; Marketing of Health Services; United States

Abstract: The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and kickbacks -- Marketing masquerading as education -- Marketing masquerading as research -- Patent games : stretching out monopolies -- Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way -- Is the party over? -- How to save the pharmaceutical industry...and get our money's worth.

ISBN: 9780375760945; 0375760946

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QV736 A583t 2005

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library

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Colonizing bodies : aboriginal health and healing in British Columbia, 1900-50

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Kelm, Mary-Ellen. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press , 1998.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WA300 K29c 1998

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Colonizing bodies

Author: Kelm, Mary-Ellen

Place of Publication: Vancouver, BC

Publisher: UBC Press

Publication Date: 1998

Physical Description: xxiii, 248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects: Minority Health - history; Health Disparity, Minority and Vulnerable Populations; Indigenous Canadians - history; Social Welfare - history; Attitude of Health Personnel; First Nations; History, 20th Century; British Columbia; Canada

ISBN: 9780774806787; 0774806788

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: WA300 K29c 1998

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library			Available
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Dietary supplements : a framework for evaluating safety

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Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2005.