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To die well : your right to comfort, calm, and choice in the last days of life

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Wanzer, Sidney H, Glenmullen, Joseph. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press , 2007.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: W85.5 W252 2007

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Turning points at life's end; Rights of the dying patient; The first turning point : from active treatment to comfort care; Pain control; What you should expect from your doctors and nurses; Family and friends; The second turning point : making the decision to hasten death; What options have been u…

Author: Wanzer, Sidney H; Glenmullen, Joseph

Place of Publication: Cambridge, MA

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xii, 209 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Right to Die; Living Wills; Advance Directives; Advance Care Planning; Decision Making; Terminal Care; Euthanasia; Suicide, Assisted; Popular Work

Abstract: Turning points at life's end; Rights of the dying patient; The first turning point : from active treatment to comfort care; Pain control; What you should expect from your doctors and nurses; Family and friends; The second turning point : making the decision to hasten death; What options have been used in the past to hasten death?; Helium : newly used method to end suffering; Differentiating sadness at the end of life from clinical depression; The special case of irreversible dementia and end-of-life management; Planning ahead with advance directives : staying in control; Allowing a merciful death; Appendix A: Historical background of the end-of-life movement and current national organizations; Appendix B: Oregon and physician-assisted dying; Appendix C: The international scene; Appendix D: End-of-life organizations; Appendix E: Sample living will; Appendix F: Health care proxy form with optional attachment; Appendix G: Proposed authorization for ending life in situations of irreversible and progressive cognitive decline.

ISBN: 9780738210834; 0738210838

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W85.5 W252 2007

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Essentials in hospice palliative care : a resource for caregivers

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Murray, Katherine. Saanichton, BC: Life and Death Matters , 2009. 2nd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public; Professional

Call Number: WB310 M982e 2009

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

Alternate Title: Essentials in palliative care

Author: Murray, Katherine

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Saanichton, BC

Publisher: Life and Death Matters

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xi, 164 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects: Hospice Care; Palliative Care; Terminal Care; Handbooks

Notes: Previously published under title: Essentials in palliative care, 2006; CN Library copy is housed at UHNBC Library

ISBN: 9780973982817; 0973982810

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public; Professional

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

Call Number: WB310 M982e 2009

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Being with dying : cultivating compassion and fearlessness in the presence of death

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Halifax, Joan. [Boston, MA]: Shambhala , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 H173 2009

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Halifax, Joan

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Shambhala

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xix, 204 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Death - psychology; Palliative Care - psychology; Buddhism; Meditation; Spirituality; Terminal Care; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781590307182; 1590307186

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 D4 H173 2009

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True meditation : discover the freedom of pure awareness

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Adyashanti. Boulder, CO: Sounds True , 2006.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WM427 A221 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Adyashanti

Place of Publication: Boulder, CO

Publisher: Sounds True

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: xi, 87 p. ; 25 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Subjects: Meditation; Spiritual Therapies; Adaptation, Psychological; Buddhism

ISBN: 9781591794677; 1591794676

Language: English

Material Type: Book; CD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WM427 A221 2006

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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 , 2005. newly rev. and updated ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 B925 2005

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Buckman, Robert

Edition: newly rev. and updated ed.

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Key Porter Books

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: x, 247 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Terminal Care; Death - psychology; Grief; Terminally Ill - psychology; Interpersonal Relations; Communication; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781552636961; 1552636968

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: BF789 B925 2005

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Faith : trusting your own deepest experience

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Salzberg, Sharon. New York, NY: Riverhead Books , 2002.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WM61 S186 2002

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Salzberg, Sharon

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Riverhead Books

Publication Date: 2002

Physical Description: xv, 176 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Mind Body Relations (Metaphysics); Buddhism; Religion and Psychology; Popular Work

ISBN: 1573222283; 9781573222280

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WM61 S186 2002

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Happiness is an inside job : practicing for a joyful life

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Boorstein, Sylvia. New York, NY: Ballantine Books , 2007. 1st ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WM61 B724 2007

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Boorstein, Sylvia

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: 164 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Buddhism; Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics); Happiness; Religion and Psychology; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780345481313

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WM61 B724 2007

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Comfortable with uncertainty : 108 teachings

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Chodron, Pema. [Boston, MA]: Shambhala , 2002.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WM61 C545 2002

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Comfortable with uncertainty : 108 teachings on cultivating fearlessness and compassion

Author: Chodron, Pema

Editor: Sell, Emily Hilburn

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Shambhala

Publication Date: 2002

Physical Description: xviii, 222 p. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Buddhism; Philosophy; Uncertainty; Fear - psychology; Compassion; Meditation; Mindfulness; Popular Work

Notes: Branch copies may vary by ISBN and pagination

ISBN: 9781611805956; 9781570629723; 1570629722

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WM61 C545 2002

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Symptom management in advanced cancer

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Twycross, Robert, Wilcock, Andrew, Toller, Claire Stark. Nottingham, UK: Palliativedrugs.com Ltd. , 2009. 4th ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WL700 T975s 2009

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

Author: Twycross, Robert; Wilcock, Andrew; Toller, Claire Stark

Edition: 4th ed.

Place of Publication: Nottingham, UK

Publisher: Palliativedrugs.com Ltd.

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xx, 447 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Pain - therapy; Neoplasms - complications; Palliative Care; Terminal Care

ISBN: 9780955254734

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

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

Call Number: WL700 T975s 2009

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Caregiver's guide : a handbook about end-of-life care

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Macmillan, Karen. [Ottawa, ON]: Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem | Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WB310 C271 2009

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Caregiver's guide; Handbook about end of life care

Author: Macmillan, Karen

Corporate Author: Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

Place of Publication: [Ottawa, ON]

Publisher: Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem; Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xii, 132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Caregivers; Palliative Care; Hospice Care; Terminal Care; Advance Care Planning; Terminally Ill; Handbooks

ISBN: 9780968670057

Language: Chinese

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WB310 C271 2009

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Symptom management in advanced cancer

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Twycross, Robert G, Wilcock, Andrew. New York, NY: Radcliffe Medical Press , 2001. 3rd ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WL700 T975s 2001

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Twycross, Robert G; Wilcock, Andrew

Edition: 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Press

Publication Date: 2001

Subjects: Pain; Neoplasms - complications; Terminal Care

ISBN: 1857755103

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WL700 T975s 2001

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Medicine and compassion : a Tibetan Lama's guidance for caregivers

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Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima, Shlim, David R. [Boston, MA]: Wisdom Publications , 2004.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W61 R582 2004

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima; Shlim, David R

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Wisdom Publications

Publication Date: 2004

Subjects: Religion and Medicine; Empathy; Buddhism; Caregivers; Physician-Patient Relations

ISBN: 0861714784

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W61 R582 2004

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Textbook of palliative nursing

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2006. 2nd ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WY152 T355 2006

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Editor: Ferrell, Betty Rolling; Coyle, Nessa

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: xxi, 1246 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects: Palliative Care - nursing; Nursing Care; Terminal Care

ISBN: 9780195175493; 0195175492

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Surrey Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: WY152 T355 2006

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Share the care : how to organize a group to care for someone who is seriously ill

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Capossela, Cappy, Warnock, Sheila. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster , 2004. rev. and updated ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WX28.61 C245 2004

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Outlines an approach for gathering a group of people who care about the ill person. The system divides up what is needed so that no one helper is overwhelmed, and people are allowed to do what they are good at. Includes scripts for meetings and suggestions of what has and hasn?t worked for other gr…

Author: Capossela, Cappy; Warnock, Sheila

Edition: rev. and updated ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 2004

Physical Description: xx, 348 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Caregivers - psychology; Social Support; Home Nursing; Critical Care; Terminal Care; Community Networks

Abstract: Outlines an approach for gathering a group of people who care about the ill person. The system divides up what is needed so that no one helper is overwhelmed, and people are allowed to do what they are good at. Includes scripts for meetings and suggestions of what has and hasn?t worked for other groups.