Search Results - BC Cancer Agency Library

No family history : the environmental links to breast cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18111

McCormick, Sabrina. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 M477 2009

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: McCormick, Sabrina

Place of Publication: Lanham, MD

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: 185 p. ; 24 cm.

Series: New social formations

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - etiology; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control; Public Policy; United States; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780742564084

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 M477 2009

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library

Available

Secret history of the war on cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog16123

Davis, Devra Lee. New York, NY: BasicBooks , 2007.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 D261s 2007

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Relates the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain

Author: Davis, Devra Lee

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: BasicBooks

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xviii, 505 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - history; Carcinogens, Environmental - history; Health Policy - history; Health Policy - economics; Primary Prevention - history; Primary Prevention - economics; History, 20th Century

Abstract: Relates the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain

ISBN: 9780465015665; 0465015662

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 D261s 2007

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library			Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr			Available
c.2 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr			Available

Fulfilling the potential of cancer prevention and early detection

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog10634

National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2003.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 F962 2003

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Corporate Author: National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.)

Editor: Curry, Susan J; Byers, Tim; Hewitt, Maria

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2003

Physical Description: xx, 542 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - prevention & control; Health Policy; Health Promotion; Mass Screening; United States

ISBN: 0309082544

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: QZ200 F962 2003

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library			Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Library			Available

Pink ribbons : breast cancer and the politics of philanthropy

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15820

King, Samantha. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press , 2006.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 K54p 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: King, Samantha

Place of Publication: Minneapolis, MN

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: xxxii, 157 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - economics; Gift Giving; Fund Raising; Financial Support; Marketing; Politics; United States

ISBN: 9780816648986; 0816648980

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 K54p 2006

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library

Available

Dietary supplements : a framework for evaluating safety

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog13275

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

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library

Available

Envisioning the national health care quality report

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog9494

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

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library

Available

When children die : improving palliative and end-of-life care for children and their families

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog16633

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press , 2003.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WS200 W567 2003

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

1 read online

Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families

Editor: Field, Marilyn Jane; Behrman, Richard E

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2003

Physical Description: xx, 690 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Terminal Care; Child; Health Policy; Patient Participation; Professional-Family Relations; Terminal Care - economics; Terminal Care - legislation & jurisprudence; United States

ISBN: 9780309084376; 0309084377

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Internet

Call Number: WS200 W567 2003

Read Online

http://books.nap.edu/openbook/0309084377/html/index.html

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library

Available

Policy and action for cancer prevention : food, nutrition, and physical activity : a global perspective

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog17747

World Cancer Research Fund, American Institute for Cancer Research. Washington, DC: American Institute for Cancer Research , 2009.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ266 F687p 2009

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

This policy report derives from the recommendations of the 2007 WCRF/AICR expert reeot "Food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer : a global perspective."

1 read online

Alternate Title: A project of World Cancer Research Fund International; Policy and action expert report

Corporate Author: World Cancer Research Fund; American Institute for Cancer Research

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: American Institute for Cancer Research

Publication Date: 2009

Subjects: Neoplasms - prevention & control; Neoplasms - diet therapy; Food; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Health Status; Exercise; Health Policy; Nutrition Policy; Health Promotion; Public Health; Physical Fitness

Abstract: This policy report derives from the recommendations of the 2007 WCRF/AICR expert reeot "Food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer : a global perspective."

ISBN: 9780972252249

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Surrey Library; Victoria Library; Kelowna Library; Internet

Call Number: QZ266 F687p 2009

Read Online

http://www.dietandcancerreport.org/

Copies

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

Safety evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog16596

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. Meeting (68th : 2007 June 19-28 : Geneva, Switzerland), International Programme on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization. Geneva: World Health Organization | IPCS , 2008.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WA712 S128 2008

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Corporate Author: Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. Meeting (68th : 2007 June 19-28 : Geneva, Switzerland); International Programme on Chemical Safety; World Health Organization

Place of Publication: Geneva

Publisher: World Health Organization; IPCS

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: v, 471 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: WHO Food Additives Series 59

Subjects: Food Additives - toxicity; Flavoring Agents - toxicity; Risk Assessment; Food Contamination

ISBN: 9789241660594; 9241660597

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WA712 S128 2008

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library

Available

Cancer : 101 solutions to a preventable epidemic

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15912

Armstrong, Liz, Dauncey, Guy, Wordsworth, Anne. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers , 2007.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ202 A736 2007

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Solutions project

Author: Armstrong, Liz; Dauncey, Guy; Wordsworth, Anne

Place of Publication: Gabriola Island, BC

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - prevention & control; Carcinogens; Carcinogens, Environmental - adverse effects; Neoplasms - chemically induced; Environmental Pollutants - toxicity; Health Promotion; Consumer Advocacy

ISBN: 9780865715424

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ202 A736 2007

Copies

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

Answering consumer health questions : the Medical Library Association guide for reference librarians

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog16636

Spatz, Michele. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers , 2008.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: Z675 M4 S63 2008

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Spatz, Michele

Corporate Author: Medical Library Association

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: xiv, 142 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Libraries, Medical; Health Education; Consumer Health Information; United States

ISBN: 9781555709326; 1555706320

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: Z675 M4 S63 2008

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library

Available

Truth about the drug companies : how they deceive us and what to do about it

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19689

Angell, Marcia. New York, NY: Random House Trade Paperbacks , 2005. updated ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QV736 A583t 2005

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and …

Author: Angell, Marcia

Edition: updated ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: xxviii, 319p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Drug Industry - economics; Advertising as Topic; Pharmaceutical Preparations - economics; Biomedical Research - economics; Government Regulation; Marketing of Health Services; United States

Abstract: The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and kickbacks -- Marketing masquerading as education -- Marketing masquerading as research -- Patent games : stretching out monopolies -- Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way -- Is the party over? -- How to save the pharmaceutical industry...and get our money's worth.

ISBN: 9780375760945; 0375760946

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QV736 A583t 2005

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library

Available

Safety evaluation of certain food additives

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog14640

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. Meeting (63rd : 2004 June 8-17 : Geneva, Switzerland), International Programme on Chemical Safety. Geneva: World Health Organization , 2006.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WA712 S128 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Corporate Author: Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. Meeting (63rd : 2004 June 8-17 : Geneva, Switzerland); International Programme on Chemical Safety

Place of Publication: Geneva

Publisher: World Health Organization

Publication Date: 2006

Series: WHO food additives series 54

Subjects: Food Additives - toxicity; Flavoring Agents - toxicity; Risk Assessment; Food Contamination

ISBN: 9241660546

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WA712 S128 2006

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library

Available

From cancer patient to cancer survivor : lost in transition

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog14486

Hewitt, Maria, Greenfield, Sheldon, Stovall, Ellen. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2005.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ266 F931 2005

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

1 read online

Author: Hewitt, Maria; Greenfield, Sheldon; Stovall, Ellen

Corporate Author: National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Committee on Cancer Survivorship : Improving Care and Quality of Life

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2005

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

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - therapy; Continuity of Patient Care; Quality of Health Care; Survival Rate; Survivors; United States

ISBN: 0309095956

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ266 F931 2005

Website Notes: Downloadable PDF available from website.

Read Online

http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11468/from-cancer-patient-to-cancer-survivor-lost-in-transition

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Cancer Info Ctr			Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library			Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr			Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library			Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Library			Available

From cancer patient to cancer survivor : lost in transition

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog14725

Hewitt, Maria, Greenfield, Sheldon, Stovall, Ellen. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2005.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ266 F931 2005

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

1 read online

Author: Hewitt, Maria; Greenfield, Sheldon; Stovall, Ellen

Corporate Author: National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Committee on Cancer Survivorship : Improving Care and Quality of Life

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: 17 minutes

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - therapy; Continuity of Patient Care; Quality of Health Care; Survival Rate; Survivors; United States

ISBN: 0309095956

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ266 F931 2005

Read Online

http://www.iom.edu/?id=31512

Copies

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

Redefining health care : creating value-based competition on results

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19208

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.

ISBN: 9781591397786; 1591397782

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W74 AA1 P847r 2006

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library

Available

Toyota way to healthcare excellence : increase efficiency and improve quality with Lean

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18354

Black, John R, Miller, David. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press , 2008.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WX150 B627t 2008

Availability: 2 copies, 1 available

An open letter to healthcare leaders (CEOs); Eliminating waste will transform American health care; A brief history of Lean; The "Lean House" and model lines; Your Lean action plan; Building kaizen leaders; Flow in a healthcare environment; Kanban and the supply chain; Lean comes to Virginia Mason …

Author: Black, John R; Miller, David

Place of Publication: Chicago, IL

Publisher: Health Administration Press

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: xiii, 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: ACHE management series

Subjects: Health Facilities - organization & administration; Efficiency, Organizational; Organizational Innovation; Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods; United States

Abstract: An open letter to healthcare leaders (CEOs); Eliminating waste will transform American health care; A brief history of Lean; The "Lean House" and model lines; Your Lean action plan; Building kaizen leaders; Flow in a healthcare environment; Kanban and the supply chain; Lean comes to Virginia Mason Medical Center; Virginia Mason Medical Center case studies; Lean comes to Park Nicollet Health Services; Park Nicollet Health Services case studies