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Palliative approach : a resource for healthcare workers

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122411
Cumbria: M & K Pub , 2012.
Audience
Professional
Contents:
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Alternate Title
The palliative approach : a resource for healthcare workers
Place of Publication
Cumbria
Publisher
M & K Pub
Publication Date
2012
Series
EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection
Subjects
Palliative Care
Terminal Care
Attitude to Death
Quality of Life
Abstract
Contents:
ISBN
9781905539673
9781907830679
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
This EBSCO title is licensed for one BC Cancer staff user at a time only. Authentication via HealthBC sign in required. Use your BC Cancer staff username and ID when prompted.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e680sww&AN=507383
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Relaxation CD's

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18649
BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 B364 2010
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  2 read online  
Alternate Title
Relaxation CD's with order form
Corporate Author
BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services
Publication Date
2010
Subjects
Relaxation Techniques
Stress, Psychological
Music Therapy
Bibliography
Unpublished Works
Popular Work
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Handout
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
VC Library Archives
Internet
Call Number
QZ266 B364 2010
Website Notes
Current edition is online.
Read Online
http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/coping-and-support-site/Documents/RELAXATION%20CD%20List.pdf
http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/health-info/coping-with-cancer/emotional-support/resources
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Dying in America : improving and honoring individual preferences near the end of life

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21696
Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End of Life Issues, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2014.
Audience
Professional
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Corporate Author
Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End of Life Issues
Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication Date
2014
Subjects
Terminal Care
Advance Care Planning
Attitude to Death
Quality of Life
Quality of Health Care
Patient-Centered Care
Professional-Patient Relations
ISBN
9780309311748
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Read Online
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=18748
http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2014/Dying-In-America-Improving-Quality-and-Honoring-Individual-Preferences-Near-the-End-of-Life.aspx
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Patient's wish to die : research, ethics, and palliative care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120469
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press , 2015.
Audience
Professional
Table of Contents :; PART I: Introduction -- Why it is important to know about patients? wishes to die -- PART II: Research --Illness narratives, meaning making, and epistemic injustice in research at the end of life -- Expressed desire for hastened death in seven patients living with advanced canc…
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Editor
Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph
Gudat, Heike
Ohnsorge, Kathrin
Place of Publication
Oxford, UK
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2015
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Right to Die - ethics
Suicide, Assisted - ethics
Euthanasia
Patient Participation
Attitude to Death
Palliative Care - psychology
Advance Care Planning
Terminal Care
Decision Making
Ethics, Clinical
Abstract
Table of Contents :
PART I: Introduction -- Why it is important to know about patients? wishes to die -- PART II: Research --Illness narratives, meaning making, and epistemic injustice in research at the end of life -- Expressed desire for hastened death in seven patients living with advanced cancer: a phenomenologic inquiry -- Expressed desire for hastened death: a phenomenologic inquiry? 10 years later -- Euthanasia (requests) after the implementation of the euthanasia law in Belgium in 2002. Results of empirical studies in Flanders, Belgium -- The journey to understanding the wish to hasten death -- The desire for hastened death in patients in palliative care -- Intentions, motivations, and social interactions regarding a wish to die -- Acting on a wish to die at the end of life: the Swiss situation -- Understanding older people?s wish to die -- Dialogue intermezzo: I -- PART III: Ethics -- Caring and killing in the clinic: the argument of self-determination -- Towards responsive knowing in matters of life and death -- Dealing with dilemmas around patients? wishes to die: moral case deliberation in a Dutch hospice -- End-of-life ethics from the perspectives of patients? wishes -- Dialogue intermezzo: II -- PART IV: Practice -- Issues of palliative medicine in end-of-life care -- Spirituality at the bedside: negotiating the meaning of dying -- Communication of wishes to die -- From understanding to patient-centred management: clinical pictures of a wish to die -- What does the wish to hasten death mean for the palliative patient? Clinical implications -- PART V: Conclusion -- Concluding dialogue.
ISBN
9780191023330
9780198713982
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
This EBSCO title is licensed for one BC Cancer staff user at a time only. Authentication via HealthBC sign in required. Use your BC Cancer staff username and ID when prompted.
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https://login.bccancer.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1200862
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Talking about death : a dialogue between parent and child

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog9733
Grollman, Earl A. [Boston, MA]: Beacon Press , 1990. 3rd ed., updated and expanded.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 G875 1990
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Includes principles for helping children; a passage to be read with a child; guidelines for responding to questions that might arise from the read-along section; and a list of resources.
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Author
Grollman, Earl A
Edition
3rd ed., updated and expanded
Place of Publication
[Boston, MA]
Publisher
Beacon Press
Publication Date
1990
Subjects
Attitude to Death
Child
Death
Parent-Child Relations
Juvenile Literature
Abstract
Includes principles for helping children; a passage to be read with a child; guidelines for responding to questions that might arise from the read-along section; and a list of resources.
ISBN
0807023639
9780807023631
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF789 G875 1990

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Sounds of healing : a physician reveals the therapeutic power of sound, voice and music

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog9754
Gaynor, Mitchell L. New York, NY: Broadway Books , 1999.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 G288s 1999
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Alternate Title
Healing power of sound
Author
Gaynor, Mitchell L
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Broadway Books
Publication Date
1999
Subjects
Music Therapy
Relaxation
Meditation
Holistic Health
Popular Work
ISBN
0767902653
9780767902656
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ266 G288s 1999

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Healing power of sound : recovery from life-threatening illness using sound, voice, and music

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog10063
Gaynor, Mitchell L. [Boston, MA]: Shambhala Publications, Inc. , 1999.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 G288 1999
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
More Information
Alternate Title
Sounds of healing
Author
Gaynor, Mitchell L
Place of Publication
[Boston, MA]
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Publication Date
1999
Subjects
Music Therapy
Holistic Health
ISBN
1570629552
9781570629556
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Library
Call Number
QZ266 G288 1999

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c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr Missing Available
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Echoes of nature : jungle talk

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog10347
Delta Music Inc. Santa Monica, Ca.: Delta Music Inc. , 1993.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 E18 1993
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Music and nature sounds.; 1.Jungle birdsong; 2.Turkey talk; 3.Hoots and howls; 4.Crickets
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Author
Delta Music Inc.
Place of Publication
Santa Monica, Ca.
Publisher
Delta Music Inc.
Publication Date
1993
Subjects
Music Therapy
Relaxation Techniques
Imagery (Psychotherapy)
Abstract
Music and nature sounds.
1.Jungle birdsong
2.Turkey talk
3.Hoots and howls
4.Crickets
Language
English
Material Type
Audio
CD
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library Music
Call Number
QZ266 E18 1993

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Music Available
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Australian odyssey

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog10348
Allen, Ron, Gibson, Dan. [Toronto, ON]: Solitudes Ltd. , 1996.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 A93 1996
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Music and nature sounds.; 1.Kookaburra; 2.Walkabout; 3.The source; 4.Cascading; 5.Passage; 6.Deluge; 7.In the mist; 8.Tree dwellers; 9.Valley ridge; 10.Reflection
More Information
Author
Allen, Ron
Gibson, Dan
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Solitudes Ltd.
Publication Date
1996
Series
Exploring nature with music
Dan Gibson's solitudes
Solitudes
Subjects
Music Therapy
Relaxation Therapy
Imagery (Psychotherapy)
Stress, Psychological
Popular Work
Abstract
Music and nature sounds.
1.Kookaburra
2.Walkabout
3.The source
4.Cascading
5.Passage
6.Deluge
7.In the mist
8.Tree dwellers
9.Valley ridge
10.Reflection
Language
English
Material Type
Audio
CD
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library Music
Call Number
QZ266 A93 1996

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c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Music Available
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Handbook for mortals : guidance for people facing serious illness

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog10405
Lynn, Joanne, Harrold, Joan. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 1999.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WB310 H236 1999
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Topics include finding meaning; controlling pain; managing symptoms; forgoing medical treatment; hastening death; and talking to your doctor. Includes patient stories and photos.
More Information
Author
Lynn, Joanne
Harrold, Joan
Corporate Author
Center to Improve Care of the Dying
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
1999
Subjects
Death - psychology
Terminally Ill - psychology
Attitude to Death
Terminal Care
Abstract
Topics include finding meaning; controlling pain; managing symptoms; forgoing medical treatment; hastening death; and talking to your doctor. Includes patient stories and photos.
ISBN
0195146018
9780195146011
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WB310 H236 1999

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Healing meditation : accelerate healing and recovery

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19820
Howell, Kelly, Schwimmer, Robert. Santa Fe, NM: Brain Sync Corporation , 1994.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 H859h 1994
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Author
Howell, Kelly
Schwimmer, Robert
Place of Publication
Santa Fe, NM
Publisher
Brain Sync Corporation
Publication Date
1994
Physical Description
60 minutes
Series
Brain wave therapy
Subjects
Mind-Body Therapies
Relaxation Therapy
Meditation
Stress, Psychological
Adaptation, Psychological
Music Therapy
Popular Work
ISBN
9781881451679
Language
English
Material Type
Audio
CD
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library Relax
Call Number
QZ266 H859h 1994

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Appointment with the wise old dog : dream images in a time of crisis

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19938
Blum, David, Ma, Yo-Yo, Thompson, Rustin. Medina, WA: Sarah Blum , 1998.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 B659 1998
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Alternate Title
Dream images in a time of crisis
Author
Blum, David
Ma, Yo-Yo
Thompson, Rustin
Place of Publication
Medina, WA
Publisher
Sarah Blum
Publication Date
1998
Physical Description
29 minutes
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Art Therapy
Dreams - psychology
Imagery (Psychotherapy)
Relaxation Therapy
Music Therapy
Mental Healing
Popular Work
Language
English
Material Type
Video
DVD
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ266 B659 1998

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What do I tell my children?

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20036
Woodward, Joanne, Kussmann, Leslie. Millis, MA: Aquarius Productions , 1991.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 W555 1991
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Author
Woodward, Joanne
Kussmann, Leslie
Place of Publication
Millis, MA
Publisher
Aquarius Productions
Publication Date
1991
Physical Description
30 minutes
Subjects
Attitude to Death
Infant
Child
Parent-Child Relations
Grief
Popular Work
ISBN
1581400659
Language
English
Material Type
Video
DVD
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
BF575 W555 1991

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From Holland with love : waltzes I've saved for you

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20089
Rieu, Andre, Strauss, Johann. Netherlands: Philips , 1994.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 R759f 1994
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Author
Rieu, Andre
Strauss, Johann
Place of Publication
Netherlands
Publisher
Philips
Publication Date
1994
Physical Description
69 minutes
Subjects
Music Therapy
Relaxation Therapy
Popular Work
Language
English
Material Type
Audio
CD
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ266 R759f 1994

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c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr Available
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Latin moods : havana

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20090
Dimotsantos, Angelo. Mount Altert, ON: Capital Entertainment , 1999.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 L356 1999
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Alternate Title
Di Angelo's latin moods : Havana
Author
Dimotsantos, Angelo
Place of Publication
Mount Altert, ON
Publisher
Capital Entertainment
Publication Date
1999
Physical Description
55 minutes
Subjects
Music Therapy
Relaxation Therapy
Popular Work
Language
English
Material Type
Audio
CD
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ266 L356 1999

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c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr Available
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Edge of forever

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20105
Stagg, Hilary. Sausalito, CA: Real Music , 1993.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 S779 1993
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
More Information
Author
Stagg, Hilary
Place of Publication
Sausalito, CA
Publisher
Real Music
Publication Date
1993
Physical Description
49 minutes
Subjects
Music Therapy
Relaxation Therapy
Stress, Psychological
Imagery (Psychotherapy)
Popular Work
ISBN
978100913554
Language
English
Material Type
Audio
CD
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library Music
Call Number
QZ266 S779 1993

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Beautiful death : facing the future with peace

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20165
Eckl, Cheryl. Littletown, CO: Flying Crane Press , 2011.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 E19 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Author
Eckl, Cheryl
Place of Publication
Littletown, CO
Publisher
Flying Crane Press
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
295 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Death - psychology
Neoplasms - psychology
Family Relations
Terminally Ill
Attitude to Death
Bereavement
Autobiography
Popular Work
Personal Narratives
ISBN
9780982810705
0982810709
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
BF789 D4 E19 2010

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Consider the conversation : a documentary on a taboo subject

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20182
Bernhagen, Michael, Kaldhusdal, Terry. Shorewood, WI: Burning Hay Wagon Production , 2011.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB310 C755 2011
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Wishes; History; What's next?; Hope; Magic; Conflict; 100 things; Conversation; Why?; Credits
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Author
Bernhagen, Michael
Kaldhusdal, Terry
Place of Publication
Shorewood, WI
Publisher
Burning Hay Wagon Production
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
60 minutes + 1 guide
Subjects
Terminally Ill
Attitude to Death
Terminal Care
Hospice Care
Advance Care Planning
Right to Die
Social Support
Communication
Decision Making
Professional-Patient Relations
Interpersonal Relations
Documentaries and Factual Films
Abstract
Wishes
History
What's next?
Hope
Magic
Conflict
100 things
Conversation
Why?
Credits
Language
English
Material Type
Video
DVD
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library AV Room
Call Number
WB310 C755 2011
Website Notes
URL links to the discussion guide.
Read Online
http://www.considertheconversation.org/
http://www.considertheconversation.org/sites/default/files/CTC%20Discussion%20Guide.pdf

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Saying goodbye to someone you love : your emotional journey through end of life and grief

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20200
Dresser, Norine, Wasserman, Fredda. New York, NY: Demos Health , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 G7 D773 2010
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
More Information
  1 read online  
Author
Dresser, Norine
Wasserman, Fredda
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Demos Health
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
xix, 210 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Death - psychology
Grief
Bereavement
Terminally Ill
Attitude to Death
Adaptation, Psychological
Autobiography
Popular Work
ISBN
9781932603859
1932603859
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Internet
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 G7 D773 2010
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.
Read Online
http://www.r2library.com/Resource/Title/1932603859

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c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
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Sea of dreams : the ultimate in relaxation and meditation

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20207
De Canck, Philipe. St Laurent, QC: , 1995.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 D295 1995
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Author
De Canck, Philipe
Place of Publication
St Laurent, QC
Publication Date
1995
Physical Description
60 minutes
Subjects
Music Therapy
Imagery (Psychotherapy)
Relaxation Therapy
Popular Work
Language
English
Material Type
Audio
CD
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ266 D295 1995

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c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr Available
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