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Do you believe in magic? : the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21250
Offit, Paul A. New York, NY: Harper , 2013.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WB890 O32 2013
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Alternate Title
Do you believe in magic? : vitamins, supplements and all things natural : a look behind the curtain
Author
Offit, Paul A
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Harper
Publication Date
2013
Physical Description
x, 322 p. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Complementary Therapies
Quackery
Deception
Pseudoscience
Popular Work
Notes
Paperback edition has alternate title.
ISBN
9780062222961
9780062222985 (pbk.)
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WB890 O32 2013

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Mayo Clinic book of alternative medicine

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20525
Mayo Clinic. New York, NY: Time Inc. , 2010. 2nd ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WB890 M474 2010
Availability
3 copies, 3 available
Alternate Title
Book of alternative medicine
Corporate Author
Mayo Clinic
Editor
Bauer, Brent A
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Time Inc.
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
208 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Complementary Therapies
Integrative Medicine - methods
Mind-Body Therapies
Self Care
Popular Work
ISBN
9781603208369
1603208364
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WB890 M474 2010

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Alternative medicine : a critical assessment of 150 modalities

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122184
Ernst, Edzard. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG , 2019.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WB890 E71 2019
Availability
3 copies, 3 available
Though this book is a reference text aimed at guiding consumers through the maze of Alternative Medicine, it can be useful resource for clinicians as well. The book is divided into 150 short chapters, each dedicated to one therapy or diagnostic method. Seven points are raised to assist patient in d…
Author
Ernst, Edzard
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
xiv, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Complementary Therapies
Treatment Outcome
Evidence-Based Medicine
Popular Work
Abstract
Though this book is a reference text aimed at guiding consumers through the maze of Alternative Medicine, it can be useful resource for clinicians as well. The book is divided into 150 short chapters, each dedicated to one therapy or diagnostic method. Seven points are raised to assist patient in decision making, or at least, raise questions about the method, based on evidence. See sections 11.1 for Alternative Cancer cures; 11.7 Cancer diets.
ISBN
9783030126001
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WB890 E71 2019

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Quack quack : the threat of pseudoscience

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124466
Schwarcz, Joe. Toronto, ON: ECW Press , 2022.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ310 S399 2022
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
"In Quack Quack, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, who has been battling flimflam for decades, focuses on the deluge of anecdotes, cherry-picked data, pseudoscientific nonsense, and seductive baseless health claims that undermine efforts to educate the public about evidence-based science. The wide scope of the top…
Author
Schwarcz, Joe
Place of Publication
Toronto, ON
Publisher
ECW Press
Publication Date
2022
Physical Description
xiii, 242 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects
Quackery
Pseudoscience
Popular Work
Abstract
"In Quack Quack, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, who has been battling flimflam for decades, focuses on the deluge of anecdotes, cherry-picked data, pseudoscientific nonsense, and seductive baseless health claims that undermine efforts to educate the public about evidence-based science. The wide scope of the topics drawn from past and present aims to cast a life preserver to people drowning in a sea of misinformation."-- Provided by publisher
Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.
ISBN
9781770416581
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ310 S399 2022

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More harm than good? : the moral maze of complementary and alternative medicine

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121105
Ernst, Edzard, Smith, Kevin. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG , 2018.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB890 E71 2018
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
This book reveals the numerous ways in which moral, ethical and legal principles are being violated by those who provide, recommend or sell ?complementary and alternative medicine? (CAM). The book analyses both academic literature and internet sources that promote CAM. Additionally the book present…
Author
Ernst, Edzard
Smith, Kevin
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Publication Date
2018
Subjects
Complementary Therapies - ethics
Complementary Therapies - legislation & jurisprudence
Evidence-Based Medicine
Ethics, Medical
Clinical Competence - legislation & jurisprudence
Abstract
This book reveals the numerous ways in which moral, ethical and legal principles are being violated by those who provide, recommend or sell ?complementary and alternative medicine? (CAM). The book analyses both academic literature and internet sources that promote CAM. Additionally the book presents a number of brief scenarios, both hypothetical and real-life, about individuals who use CAM or who fall prey to ethically dubious CAM practitioners. The events and conundrums described in these scenarios could happen to almost anyone. Professor emeritus of complementary medicine Edzard Ernst together with bioethicist Kevin Smith provide a thorough and authoritative ethical analysis of a range of CAM modalities, including acupuncture, chiropractic, herbalism, and homeopathy. This book could and should interest all medical professionals who have contact to complementary medicine and will be an invaluable reference for patients deliberating which course of treatment to adopt. - Cover
ISBN
9783319699400
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WB890 E71 2018

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Is Gwyneth Paltrow wrong about everything? : when celebrity culture and science clash

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120403
Caulfield, Timothy. [Toronto, ON]: Penguin Group , 2016.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
W85 C372 2016
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Caulfield, Timothy
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Penguin Group
Publication Date
2016
Physical Description
381 p. 21 cm.
Subjects
Popular Culture
Health Behavior
Attitude to Health
Complementary Therapies - psychology
Quackery
Pseudoscience
Popular Work
ISBN
9780143189039
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
W85 C372 2016

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Legacy: a black physician reckons with racism in medicine

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog125113
Blackstock, Uche. New York: Viking , 2024.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WA300 B631 2024
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Author
Blackstock, Uche
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Viking
Publication Date
2024
Physical Description
294 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
African Americans
Physicians, Women
United States
Racism
Autobiography
ISBN
9780593491287
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Kelowna Library
Call Number
WA300 B631 2024

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Death of cancer : after fifty years on the front lines of medicine, a pioneering oncologist reveals why the war on cancer is winnable--and how we can get there

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113763
DeVita, Vincent T. Jr., DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2015.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ11.1 D496 2015
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
Author
DeVita, Vincent T. Jr.
DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
324 p., [16] p. of plates ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - history
Neoplasms - drug therapy
Medical Oncology - history
Biomedical Research
Antineoplastic Agents - history
History of Medicine
United States
Autobiography
Notes
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Outrageous fortune
The chemotherapists
MOMP
MOPP
The war on cancer
Boots on the ground
Cleaning house at the National Cancer Institute
Frances Kelsey syndrome
Where rubber meets the road
The death of cancer
Outrageous fortune part II.
ISBN
9780374135607
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ11.1 D496 2015

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Cancer and complementary medicine : your guide to smart choices in symptom management

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21862
Lee, Colleen O, Decker, Georgia M. Pittsburgh, PA: Oncology Nursing Society | Hygeia Media , 2012.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 L477c 2012
Table of Contents:; What is complementary and alternative medicine, and can it be used safely? -- Types of complementary and alternative therapies -- Herbs, vitamins, and supplements -- Symptom management with complementary and alternative medicine -- CAM therapy use by site -- Healthy living.
  1 read online  
Author
Lee, Colleen O
Decker, Georgia M
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, PA
Publisher
Oncology Nursing Society
Hygeia Media
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
iv, 145 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Neoplasms - therapy
Complementary Therapies
Popular Work
Abstract
Table of Contents:
What is complementary and alternative medicine, and can it be used safely? -- Types of complementary and alternative therapies -- Herbs, vitamins, and supplements -- Symptom management with complementary and alternative medicine -- CAM therapy use by site -- Healthy living.
ISBN
935864173
9781935864172
9781935864394
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Internet
Call Number
QZ201 L477c 2012
Website Notes
Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca or calling 1.888.675.8001 x 7000 (toll-free) to obtain a username and password.
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American Indian health and nursing

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121362
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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Crisis standards of care : a systems framework for catastrophic disaster response

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20819
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2012.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations
Editor
Hanfling, Dan
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication Date
2012
Subjects
Disaster Medicine - standards
Emergency Medical Services - standards
Emergency Treatment - standards
United States
ISBN
9780309253468
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
Available online but the National Academies Press requires people to register before use.
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Lead from the outside : how to build your future and make real change

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124953
Abrams, Stacey. New York, NY: Picador , 2019.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WX159 A161a 2019
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Alternate Title
Minority leader
Author
Abrams, Stacey
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Picador
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
xxx, 226 p. ; 21 cm
Subjects
Leadership
Social Change
Political Activism
Personal Narratives
United States
Notes
"Previously published as Minority leader"-- Cover.
ISBN
9781250214805
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Kelowna Library
Victoria Library
Call Number
WX159 A161a 2019

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Getting respect : responding to stigma and discrimination in the United States, Brazil, and Israel

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog125001
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press , 2016.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
HT1503 L234 2016
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Place of Publication
Princeton, NJ
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication Date
2016
Physical Description
xix, 377 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Social Discrimination
Prejudice
Social Stigma
Ethnic and Racial Minorities
United States
Brazil
Israel
ISBN
9780691183404
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Status
Processing
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Kelowna Library
Call Number
HT1503 L234 2016

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Cancer as a wake-up call : an oncologist's integrative approach to what you can do to become whole again

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121498
Nasi, M. Laura. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 N254 2018
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
Alternate Title
Cancer as a wakeup call
Author
Nasi, M. Laura
Place of Publication
Berkeley, CA
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
xxi, 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - therapy
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Complementary Therapies
Integrative Medicine
Integrative Oncology
Popular Work
ISBN
9781623172961
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ266 N254 2018

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Cancerland : a medical memoir

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121357
Scadden, David, D'Antonio, Michael. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books | St. Martin's Press , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ21 S277 2018
Availability
2 copies, 1 available
Author
Scadden, David
D'Antonio, Michael
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
St. Martin's Press
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
308 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill.(chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Oncologists
Neoplasms - therapy
Stem Cell Research
United States
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
ISBN
9781250092755
9781250092779
1250092752
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ21 S277 2018

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Cancer clinical trials : a commonsense guide to experimental cancer therapies and clinical trials

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20711
Beer, Tomasz M, Axmaker, Larry. New York, NY: DiaMedica Publishing , 2012.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ267 B415 2012
Availability
6 copies, 6 available
Author
Beer, Tomasz M
Axmaker, Larry
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
DiaMedica Publishing
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
xxvi, 166 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - therapy
Clinical Trials as Topic
Decision Making
Antineoplastic Protocols
Therapies, Investigational
Biomedical Research
United States
ISBN
9780982321973
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Prince George Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ267 B415 2012

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Long-term survivorship care after cancer treatment : proceedings of a workshop

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121136
Aiuppa, Laura, Hewitt, Maria, Nass, Sharyl J. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2018.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ260 A311 2018
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Continues / Continued By
From cancer patient to cancer survivor : lost in transition
Author
Aiuppa, Laura
Hewitt, Maria
Nass, Sharyl J.
Corporate Author
National Cancer Policy Forum (U.S.)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
xxii, 137 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Cancer Survivors
United States
Congress
Notes
Workshop proceedings of Long-Term Survivorship Care After Cancer Treatment, July 24-25 2017 in Washington, DC.
ISBN
9780309472982
0309472989
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Call Number
QZ260 A311 2018

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Naturopathic oncology : an encyclopedic guide for patients and physicians

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19913
McKinney, Neil. [Vancouver, BC?]: Liaison Press , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 M153n 2010
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
Author
McKinney, Neil
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
Liaison Press
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
491p. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - therapy
Complementary Therapies - methods
Naturopathy
Medical Oncology
Integrative Medicine
ISBN
9781894953733
1894953738
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ266 M153n 2010

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Resilience : a story of courage and triumph in the face of recurrent cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21529
Wener, Susan. [Vancouver, BC?]: Figure1 Publishing , 2014.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 W473 2014
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Wener, Susan
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
Figure1 Publishing
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
xviii, 217 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - therapy
Neoplasms - psychology
Complementary Therapies
Integrative Medicine
Personal Narratives
ISBN
9781927958025
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ201 W473 2014

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Naturopathic oncology : an encyclopedic guide for patients and physicians

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog114395
McKinney, Neil. [Vancouver, BC?]: Liaison Press , 2012. 2nd ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 M153n 2012
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
McKinney, Neil
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
Liaison Press
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
540 p. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - therapy
Complementary Therapies - methods
Naturopathy
Medical Oncology
Integrative Medicine
ISBN
9781894953986
1894953983
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ266 M153n 2012

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