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Medical Library Association guide to managing health care libraries

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New York, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. , 2011. 2nd ed.

Audience: Professional

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Alternate Title: Managing health care libraries

Editor: Bandy, Margaret Moylan; Dudden, Rosalind Farnam

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: xxiii, 424 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).

Series: Medical Library Association guides

Subjects: Libraries, Medical - organization & administration; Libraries, Hospital - organization & administration; Library Services - organization & administration; Library Administration; Information Services; Health Education; Delivery of Health Care

ISBN: 9781555707347

Language: English

Material Type: Book; CD

Audience: Professional

Location: VC Librarians' Bookshelf

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Improving health literacy within a state : workshop summary

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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy., Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice., Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2011.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WA590 I34 2011

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Editor: Hewitt, Maria

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: xvi, 98 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Consumer Health Information; Communication barriers; Educational Status; Health Education - methods; Health Education - standards; Telemedicine; United States; Congress

Notes: Conference workshop summary proceedings : Understanding What Works in Health Literacy Across a State: A Workshop (2010 : Los Angeles, Calif.).

ISBN: 9780309215725

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library; Internet

Call Number: WA590 I34 2011

Website Notes: Available in PDF format at link

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Accidental library marketer

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Dempsey, Kathy. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc. , 2009.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: Z716.3 D425 2009

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How and why people become accidental marketers; Starting with the basics of communication; Assessing your current situation; Using demographic, geographic, and census data; What marketing experts think is most important; Getting administrators, managers, and staff to buy in; Making evidence-based d…

Author: Dempsey, Kathy

Place of Publication: Medford, NJ

Publisher: Information Today, Inc.

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xvi, 294 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Libraries; Public Relations; Marketing; Information Services; Advertising as Topic

Abstract: How and why people become accidental marketers; Starting with the basics of communication; Assessing your current situation; Using demographic, geographic, and census data; What marketing experts think is most important; Getting administrators, managers, and staff to buy in; Making evidence-based decisions with administrators; Don't shy away from statistics; Understanding the cycle of true marketing; Writing your formal plans; Basic rules for producing good promotional materials; Getting the message out; Using your website for public relations and outreach; Finally, the fun stuff

ISBN: 9781573873680

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: Z716.3 D425 2009

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Medical Library Association guide to cancer information : authoritative, patient-friendly print and electronic resources

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Volk, Ruti Malis. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. , 2007.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ22 M489 2007

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Volk, Ruti Malis

Corporate Author: Medical Library Association

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xix, 331 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Medical Library Association guides

Subjects: Neoplasms; Information Services; Patient Education; Neoplasms - bibliography; Library Materials; Resource Guides; Directory; Directories as Topic

ISBN: 9781555705855; 1555705855

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library

Call Number: QZ22 M489 2007

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Code of ethics for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine : report of Task Group 109

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American Association of Physicists in Medicine. College Park, MD: American Association of Physicists in Medicine , 2009.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WN440 A512 2009 v.109

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Corporate Author: American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Place of Publication: College Park, MD

Publisher: American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Publication Date: 2009

Series: AAPM report 109

Subjects: Codes of Ethics; Health Physics - ethics; Societies, Scientific - ethics; United States

ISBN: 9781888340808

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Kelowna Library

Call Number: WN440 A512 2009 v.109

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Health communicator's social media toolkit

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , 2010.

Audience: Professional

This toolkit provides an overview of CDC's experience with more than a dozen types of social media tools, including blogs, Really Simple Syndication feeds, Facebook and Twitter, and with less well-known applications such as virtual worlds and e-cards

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Corporate Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Place of Publication: Atlanta, GA

Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Publication Date: 2010

Subjects: Health Communication; Communications Media; Computer Communication Networks; Webcasts; Blogging; Internet; Information Dissemination - methods; Communication; United States

Abstract: This toolkit provides an overview of CDC's experience with more than a dozen types of social media tools, including blogs, Really Simple Syndication feeds, Facebook and Twitter, and with less well-known applications such as virtual worlds and e-cards

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Envisioning the national health care quality report

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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the National Quality Report on Health Care Delivery. Washington, DC: National Academy Press , 2001.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W 84 I59e 2001

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the National Quality Report on Health Care Delivery

Editor: Hurtado, Margarita P; Swift, Elaine K

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academy Press

Publication Date: 2001

Subjects: Quality Assurance, Health Care - United States; Delivery of Health Care - United States

ISBN: 030907343X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W 84 I59e 2001

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AHFS drug information 2009

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[Bethesda, MD]: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists , 2009. American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

Audience: Professional

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Alternate Title: American hospital formulary service

Edition: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

Place of Publication: [Bethesda, MD]

Publisher: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xvi, 3824 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: R2 Library

Subjects: Pharmaceutical Preparations; Drug Information Services; Formularies as Topic; Formularies, Hospital; United States

ISBN: 9781585282272; 1585282278

ISSN: 1063-8792

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

Website Notes: This R2 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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Informed consent : the consumer's guide to the risks and benefits of volunteering for clinical trials

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Getz, Kenneth, Borfitz, Deborah. [Boston, MA]: CenterWatch , 2002.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WY20.5 G394 2002

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Getz, Kenneth; Borfitz, Deborah

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: CenterWatch

Publication Date: 2002

Physical Description: 306 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Informed Consent; Clinical Trials; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Access to Information; Consent Forms

ISBN: 1930624093

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WY20.5 G394 2002

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Surgery sourcebook

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Detroit. MI: Omnigraphics , 2008. 2nd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WO39 S9597 2008

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Surgery sourcebook : basic consumer health information about common inpatient and outpatient surgeries, including critical care and trauma, gastrointestinal, gynecologic and obstetric, cardiac and vascular, neurologic, ophthalmologic, orthopedic, reconstructive and cosmetic, and other major and min…

Editor: Sutton, Amy L

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Detroit. MI

Publisher: Omnigraphics

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: xx, 673 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Health reference series

Subjects: Surgical Procedures, Operative; Consumer Health Information; Popular Work

Abstract: Surgery sourcebook : basic consumer health information about common inpatient and outpatient surgeries, including critical care and trauma, gastrointestinal, gynecologic and obstetric, cardiac and vascular, neurologic, ophthalmologic, orthopedic, reconstructive and cosmetic, and other major and minor surgeries along with information about anesthesia and pain relief options, risks and complications, postoperative recovery concerns, and innovative surgical techniques and tools, a glossary of related terms, and a directory of additional resources

ISBN: 9780780810044; 078081004X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WO39 S9597 2008

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Facilitating state health exchange communication through the use of health literate practices : workshop summary

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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy., Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice., Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2012.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WA590 F141 2012

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Contents:; Introduction -- State health insurance exchanges: overview -- State insurance exchanges' impact on consumers -- Health literacy relevance to health insurance exchanges -- Current best practices in developing materials and communicating with consumers -- Reflections on lessons learned.

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Alternate Title: Health literate practices

Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Editor: Hewitt, Maria

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: xiv, 101 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Health Care Reform; Community Participation; Health Literacy; Insurance, Health; State Government; United States; Congress

Abstract: Contents:; Introduction -- State health insurance exchanges: overview -- State insurance exchanges' impact on consumers -- Health literacy relevance to health insurance exchanges -- Current best practices in developing materials and communicating with consumers -- Reflections on lessons learned.

ISBN: 9780309220293

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library; Internet

Call Number: WA590 F141 2012

Website Notes: Available in PDF format at link

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Using benchmarking, needs assessment, quality improvement, outcome measurement, and library standards : a how-to-do-it manual with CD-ROM

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Dudden, Rosalind Farnam. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers , 2007.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: Z675 M4 D83 2007

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Page xix: The accompanying CD-ROM contains a variety of resources, arranged in folders by chapter.

Alternate Title: Medical Library Association guide : how-to-do-it manuals for librarians

Author: Dudden, Rosalind Farnam

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xxii, 464 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).

Series: How-to-do-it manuals for librarians 159

Subjects: Libraries, Medical; Evaluation Studies; Library Services - standards

Abstract: Page xix: The accompanying CD-ROM contains a variety of resources, arranged in folders by chapter.

ISBN: 9781555706043 (alk. paper); 1555706045 (alk. paper)

Language: English

Material Type: Book; CD

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: Z675 M4 D83 2007

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CancerSmart 3.1 : the consumer guide

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Griffin, Sean, Cuddeford, Vijay. [Vancouver, BC?]: Toxic Free Canada , 2011. 1st electronic ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

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Alternate Title: Cancer smart 3.0 : the consumer guide : how to eliminate toxins from your home and garden products : how to make healthy choices for your family and the environment

Author: Griffin, Sean; Cuddeford, Vijay

Edition: 1st electronic ed.

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: Toxic Free Canada

Publication Date: 2011

Subjects: Carcinogens, Environmental - adverse effects; Consumer Product Safety; Neoplasms - chemically induced; Neoplasms - prevention & control; Environmental Pollutants - toxicity; Toxicology; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780973588651

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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CancerSmart 3.0 : the consumer guide

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Griffin, Sean, Cuddeford, Vijay. [Vancouver, BC?]: Labour Environmental Alliance Society , 2008. 3rd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ202 G852 2008

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

Alternate Title: Cancer smart 3.0 : the consumer guide : how to eliminate toxins from your home and garden products : how to make healthy choices for your family and the environment

Author: Griffin, Sean; Cuddeford, Vijay

Edition: 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: Labour Environmental Alliance Society

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: 51 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Carcinogens, Environmental - adverse effects; Consumer Product Safety; Neoplasms - chemically induced; Neoplasms - prevention & control; Environmental Pollutants - toxicity; Toxicology; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780973588620

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ202 G852 2008

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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.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QU145 D565 2005

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine; National Research Council; Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2005

Subjects: Dietary Supplements - standards - United States; Safety - United States; Product Surveillance, Postmarketing - methods - United States; United States Food and Drug Administration

ISBN: 0309091101

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QU145 D565 2005

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American Indian health and nursing

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New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC , 2016.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WY107 A512 2016

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Table of contents:; Pre-contact indigenous North America -- Post-contact, sovereignty, and health -- The roots of American Indian nursing -- The Indian health system and nursing -- Indigenous knowledge and traditional approaches to health and healing -- AIAN elders : mapping cultural areas and regi…

Editor: Moss, Margaret P.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, LLC

Publication Date: 2016

Physical Description: xiii, 400 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Subjects: Transcultural Nursing; Cultural Competency; Minority Health; Education, Nursing; First Nations; United States

Abstract: Table of contents:; Pre-contact indigenous North America -- Post-contact, sovereignty, and health -- The roots of American Indian nursing -- The Indian health system and nursing -- Indigenous knowledge and traditional approaches to health and healing -- AIAN elders : mapping cultural areas and regional variances in health -- Northeast woodlands -- Southeast woodlands -- Southwest -- Great Basin -- California -- Pacific Northwest/Plateau -- Alaska -- Northern Great Plains -- Urban -- Indian health funding : time for change -- The future of nursing report and American Indian nursing education.

ISBN: 9780826129840; 9780826129857

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WY107 A512 2016

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Redefining health care : creating value-based competition on results

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Porter, Michael E, Teisberg, Elizabeth Olmsted. [Boston, MA]: Harvard Business School Press , 2006.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W74 AA1 P847r 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Scoping the problem; Identifying the root causes; How reform went wrong; Principles of value-based competition; Strategic implications for health care providers; Strategic implications for health plans; Implications for suppliers, consumers, and employers; Health care policy and value-based competi…

Author: Porter, Michael E; Teisberg, Elizabeth Olmsted

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Harvard Business School Press

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: xvii, 506 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Delivery of Health Care - economics; Quality of Health care - economics; Health Care Costs; Economic Competition; United States

Abstract: Scoping the problem; Identifying the root causes; How reform went wrong; Principles of value-based competition; Strategic implications for health care providers; Strategic implications for health plans; Implications for suppliers, consumers, and employers; Health care policy and value-based competition: implications for government.