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I don't know what to say : how to help and support someone who is dying

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Buckman, Robert. [Toronto, ON]: Key Porter Books , 1996. rev. and updated ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 B925 1996

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

The author describes the dying process and provides practical, concrete suggestions for bringing a degree of comfort to the dying individual. His advice is illustrated with many brief, descriptive vignettes of actual cases covering a wide spectrum of ages, personalities, family situations, and resp…

Author: Buckman, Robert

Edition: rev. and updated ed.

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Key Porter Books

Publication Date: 1996

Subjects: Terminal Care; Death - psychology; Grief; Popular Work

Abstract: The author describes the dying process and provides practical, concrete suggestions for bringing a degree of comfort to the dying individual. His advice is illustrated with many brief, descriptive vignettes of actual cases covering a wide spectrum of ages, personalities, family situations, and responses.

ISBN: 1550130927; 9781550130928

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 B925 1996

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library			Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency PG Cancer Info Ctr			Available

Art of dying : how to leave this world with dignity and grace, at peace with yourself and your loved ones

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Weenolsen, Patricia. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press , 1996.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 W397 1996

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Discusses coming to terms with the disease itself; managing pain; planning funerals; making peace with loved ones; deciding about terminal care; and learning what the final experience of death is like. Although the author argues the pros and cons of euthanasia and belief in an afterlife, her obviou…

Author: Weenolsen, Patricia

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Publication Date: 1996

Subjects: Death - psychology; Terminally Ill - psychology; Loss - psychology

Abstract: Discusses coming to terms with the disease itself; managing pain; planning funerals; making peace with loved ones; deciding about terminal care; and learning what the final experience of death is like. Although the author argues the pros and cons of euthanasia and belief in an afterlife, her obvious bias in favour of both may be off-putting to some readers.

ISBN: 0312167768; 9780312167769

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 W397 1996

Copies

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

Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man and life's greatest lesson

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Albom, Mitch. New York, NY: Doubleday , 1997.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 A339 1997

Availability: 1 copy, 0 available

Author: Albom, Mitch

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Doubleday

Publication Date: 1997

Subjects: Death - psychology; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Case Reports; Autobiography

ISBN: 9780385484510; 0385484518

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 A339 1997

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr

On Loan, due Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Handbook for mortals : guidance for people facing serious illness

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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.

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.