The BC Cancer Library
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency SUR Library | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Library | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Library | Available |
Evidence-based communication : dispelling the myths; Using questions effectively; Achieving mutual understanding : grounding in communication
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library AV Room | Available | ||
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It's undeniable that understanding a patient's cultural practices and spiritual beliefs influence not only the delivery of health care in our global society, but also the individual's outcome and satisfaction. If a patient, because of a cultural or spiritual disconnect, can't appreciate what is bei…
CIHI's report Access to Palliative Care in Canada provides baseline information on what we know about palliative care services in the last year of life, on whether Canadians have equitable and timely access to appropriate services and on gaps in this area of health care. - Website
Table of Contents:; The heat is on: a case study -- A dozen reasons to care about patient satisfaction -- How to get physicians to engage on patient satisfaction-six steps that work in the real world -- Dealing with the objections of skeptical physicians -- How physicians can make and sustain indiv…
Includes effects of culture in end-of-life situations, ethical considerations, mental health issues, depression, the needs of caregivers, recommendations to improve psychosocial care.
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Library | Available |
Table of Contents:; Therapeutic communication -- Multicultural therapeutic communication -- Therapeutic communication in complementary medicine -- The helping interview -- The therapeutic response across the life span -- The therapeutic response to angry, aggressive, abused or abusive clients -- Th…
Table of Contents:; Overview and theoretical framework -- What's in a word? Concepts related to sex/gender and sexuality -- The deadly effects of stigma -- Myths and facts about sexual orientation and gender identity -- Developmental transitions -- Cultures within cultures : diversity and LGBTQ co…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Library | Available |
Each chapter looks at one ethnic community and discusses issues such as childbirth, mental illness, dental care, hospitalization, and death. Looks at Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Chinese, Japanese, Iranian, South Asian, and Central American cultural groups.
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available | ||
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Table of Contents:; Section 1 Putting cancer genetics into context -- Section 2 Cancer genetics: the basics -- Section 3 Genetics of specific cancers -- Section 4 Cancer risk assessment and communicating risk -- Section 5 Early detection of hereditary cancer -- Section 6 Reducing the risk of cancer…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Library | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Library | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
This multidisciplinary reference explores the concepts and realities of quality of life among cancer survivors in its physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and familial dimensions. Informed by a broad range of fields including genetics, psychiatry, nursing, dentistry, rehabilitation, and ethi…
