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Me, myself and my brain stem tumour : memoirs of a pediatric brain cancer survivor

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Azizi, Bayan. [Vancouver, BC?]: Everywhere Now Press , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WL358 A995 2015

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Azizi, Bayan

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: Everywhere Now Press

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: xi, 209 p.: ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Brain Stem Neoplasms - psychology; Brain Neoplasms; Survivors; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780993714764

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WL358 A995 2015

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Bright hour : a memoir of living and dying

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Riggs, Nina. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster , 2017.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 R569 2017

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

The Bright Hour is the memoir of Nina Rigg, following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. "With the lyricism of poetry and a voice that never trades on simple grief, 'The Bright Hour' celebrates living -- living well, living fully -- and the transcendent combination of light and darkness that ma…

Author: Riggs, Nina

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: 310 p. ; 22 cm

Subjects: Terminally Ill - psychology; Attitude to Death; Life; Life Change Events; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: The Bright Hour is the memoir of Nina Rigg, following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. "With the lyricism of poetry and a voice that never trades on simple grief, 'The Bright Hour' celebrates living -- living well, living fully -- and the transcendent combination of light and darkness that makes us human." - Cover

ISBN: 9781501169359; 1501169351

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 R569 2017

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

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Death of cancer : after fifty years on the front lines of medicine, a pioneering oncologist reveals why the war on cancer is winnable--and how we can get there

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DeVita, Vincent T. Jr., DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11.1 D496 2015

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: DeVita, Vincent T. Jr.; DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 324 p., [16] p. of plates ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - history; Neoplasms - drug therapy; Medical Oncology - history; Biomedical Research; Antineoplastic Agents - history; History of Medicine; United States; Autobiography

Notes: Table of Contents:; Introduction; Outrageous fortune; The chemotherapists; MOMP; MOPP; The war on cancer; Boots on the ground; Cleaning house at the National Cancer Institute; Frances Kelsey syndrome; Where rubber meets the road; The death of cancer; Outrageous fortune part II.

ISBN: 9780374135607

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ11.1 D496 2015

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When breath becomes air

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Kalanithi, Paul. New York, NY: Random House , 2016.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 K14 2016

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Kalanithi, Paul

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Random House

Publication Date: 2016

Physical Description: xix, 228 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Attitude to Death; Lung Neoplasms - psychology; Personal Narratives; Autobiography; Quality of Life; Family Relations; Terminally Ill; Neurosurgeons; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780812988406; 081298840X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 K14 2016

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Wolf spirit : a story of healing, wolves and wonder

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Pfluger, Gudrun. [Canada]: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 P531 2015

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Pfluger, Gudrun

Place of Publication: [Canada]

Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 247 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Cancer Survivors; Wolves; Brain Neoplasms; Neoplasms - psychology; Mind Body Therapies; Autobiography; Personal Narratives

Notes: Translated from German by Tammi Reichel

ISBN: 9781771601276

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 P531 2015

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

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Still dancing : a memoir of cancer and caregiving

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Martin, Kathleen M. Port Perry, ON: Stone's Throw Publications , 2013.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 M381 2013

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Martin, Kathleen M

Place of Publication: Port Perry, ON

Publisher: Stone's Throw Publications

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: ii, 245 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Tongue Neoplasms; Caregivers; Autobiography

ISBN: 9780991810345

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 M381 2013

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My wonderful nightmare : spiritual journals inspired by cancer

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Higgins, Erin, Lightbody, Alma. Bloomington, IN: Trafford Publishing , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP322 H636 2010

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Higgins, Erin; Lightbody, Alma

Place of Publication: Bloomington, IN

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: xii, 174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Ovarian Neoplasms - psychology; Spiritual Healing; Adaptation, Psychological; Social Support; Autobiography; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781425187255

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP322 H636 2010

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What men won't talk about...and women need to know : a woman's perspective on prostate cancer

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Standeven, Glenda. Chilliwack, BC: Standeven Publications , 2014.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 S785 2014

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Standeven, Glenda

Place of Publication: Chilliwack, BC

Publisher: Standeven Publications

Publication Date: 2014

Physical Description: ix, 82 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Prostatic Neoplasms - psychology; Survivors; Adaptation, Psychological; Erectily Dysfunction; Sexual Behavior; Personal Narratives

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 9780981330716

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 S785 2014

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When my world was very small : a memoir of family, food, cancer and my couch

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Rakoff, Ruth. [Toronto, ON]: Random House Canada , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 R162 2010

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Rakoff, Ruth

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Random House Canada

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: 215 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Family Relations; Autobiography

ISBN: 9780307358172

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 R162 2010

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Too good for her own good : breaking free from the burden of female responsibility

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Bepko, Claudia, Krestan Jo-Ann. New York, NY: Harper Perennial , 1990.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF697 B491 1990

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Bepko, Claudia; Krestan Jo-Ann

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Publication Date: 1990

Physical Description: xii, 256 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Women - psychology; Self Concept; Personal Autonomy; Interpersonal Relations; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780060920814; 0060920814; 0060920815; 9780061352751

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF697 B491 1990

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Facing death : conversations with cancer patients

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McLean, Gill L. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone , 1993.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: BF789 M163 1993

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: McLean, Gill L

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

Publication Date: 1993

Subjects: Attitude to Death - personal narratives; Neoplasms - psychology- personal narratives; Patients - psychology - personal narratives

ISBN: 0443046670

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 M163 1993

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Medical physicists and malpractice

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Shalek, Robert J, Gooden, David S. Madison, Wi.: Medical Physics Publishing , 1996.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WN110 S528 1996

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Shalek, Robert J; Gooden, David S

Place of Publication: Madison, Wi.

Publisher: Medical Physics Publishing

Publication Date: 1996

Subjects: Health Physics - legislation - United States; Radiation Injuries - legislation - United States; Malpractice - United States

ISBN: 944838642

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Kelowna Library

Call Number: WN110 S528 1996

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Dialogue with cancer

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Los Angeles, Ca.: Cancervive , 1996.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ266 D536 1996

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Editor: Nessim, Susan; Smith, Diane Shader

Place of Publication: Los Angeles, Ca.

Publisher: Cancervive

Publication Date: 1996

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology - personal narratives - popular works

ISBN: 0963633392

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ266 D536 1996

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Deep canyon

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Paterson, Annan. Novato, CA: Annan Paterson , 1999.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 P296 1999

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Presented at a "Cancer as a Turning Point Conference", this video uses humor and drama and a variety of characters to explore the journey of a wife, mother and career woman who receives the unexpected and terrifying diagnosis of cancer.

Author: Paterson, Annan

Place of Publication: Novato, CA

Publisher: Annan Paterson

Publication Date: 1999

Physical Description: 90 minutes

Subjects: Ovarian Neoplasms - psychology; Life Change Events; Humor; Drama; Personal Narratives

Abstract: Presented at a "Cancer as a Turning Point Conference", this video uses humor and drama and a variety of characters to explore the journey of a wife, mother and career woman who receives the unexpected and terrifying diagnosis of cancer.