Author

Trent, Ronald

Edition

4th ed.

Publisher

Elsevier Science and Technology

Publication Date

2012

Series

R2 Library

Notes

CHAPTER 1: GENES TO PERSONALIZED MEDICINE

CHAPTER 2: GENES, ENVIRONMENT AND INHERITANCE

CHAPTER 3: DNA GENETIC TESTING

CHAPTER 4: OMICS

CHAPTER 5: DELIVERING GENETICS AND GENOMICS DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER

CHAPTER 6: PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND GLOBAL HEALTH

CHAPTER 7: DEVELOPMENT, AGING AND CANCER

CHAPTER 8: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR THERAPIES

CHAPTER 9: FORENSIC SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

CHAPTER 10: ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES (ELSI)

ISBN

9780123814517

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Ginsburg, Geoffrey S.

Willard, Huntington F.

Place of Publication

[Boston, MA]

Publisher

Elsevier Academic Press

Publication Date

2010

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Genomics

Pharmacogenetics

ISBN

9780123749345

0123749344

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Lewis, Michael A. O

Jordan, Richard C. K

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

London

Publisher

Manson Publishing

Publication Date

2012

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Oral Medicine

Mouth Diseases

Handbooks

ISBN

9781840761894

184076189X

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Jones, Keith

Edition

5th ed.

Place of Publication

Detroit, MI

Publisher

Omnigraphics

Publication Date

2016

Series

Health reference series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Complementary Therapies

Mind-Body Therapies

Popular Work

Abstract

Complementary and alternative medicine sourcebook : basic consumer health information about ayurveda, acupuncture, aromatherapy, chiropractic care, diet-based therapies, herbal and vitamin supplements, homeopathy, massage, meditation, naturopathy, reflexology, reiki, shiatsu, feng shui, tai chi, qi gong, traditional Chinese medicine, yoga and other complementary and alternative medical therapies: along with statistics, tips for selecting a practitioner, treatments for specific health conditions, as glossary of related terms and a directory of resources for additional help and information.

Table of contents:

Part I An Overview of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) -- Part II Alternative Medicine Systems -- Part III Complementary and Alternative Therapies -- Part IV Dietary Supplements -- Part V Alternative Treatments for Specific Diseases and Conditions -- Part VI Additional Help and Information

ISBN

9780780813786

9780780814042

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Editor

Zasler, Nathan D.

Katz, Douglas I.

Zafonte, Ross D.

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Demos Medical Pub.

Publication Date

2013

Series

EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection

Subjects

Brain Injuries

Continuity of Patient Care

ISBN

9781936287277

9781617050572

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Alternate Title

EBMcalc

Publisher

Foundation Internet

Publication Date

2018

Series

STATRef electronic medical library

Subjects

Evidence-Based Medicine

Abstract

EBMcalc is a unique computerized medical reference and tool set. EBMcalc encompasses a wide array of pertinent medical formulae, clinical criteria sets and decision tree analysis tools used every day by clinicians, medical educators, nurses and health care students.

Language

English

Material Type

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Alternate Title

Holland and Frei cancer medicine

Cancer medicine

Editor

Bast Jr, Robert C.

Croce, Carlo M.

Hait, William N.

Edition

9th ed.

Place of Publication

Hoboken, NJ

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

xxix, 1971 p. : ill. : 29 cm.

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Neoplasms

Abstract

Table of Contents:

-- Introduction -- Tumor Biology -- Quantitative Oncology -- Carcinogenesis -- Epidemiology, Prevention and Detection

Clinical Disciplines -- Individualized Treatment -- Chemotherapy

Biological and Gene Therapy -- Special Populations -- Disease Sites

Management of Cancer Complications -- The Future of Oncology

Notes

CN Library copy housed in the UHNBC Library

ISBN

9781118934692

9781119000846

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

CN Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ200 H734 2016

Loan Policy

28 days

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Publisher

Elsevier Science and Technology

Publication Date

2014

Series

R2 Library

Notes

FRONT MATTER

PART 1 INTRODUCTION

PART 2 GENOMICS TECHNOLOGIES, CONCEPTS AND RESOURCES

PART 3 HEREDITARY CANCER SYNDROMES

PART 4 GENOMICS OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC CANCERS

PART 5 ETHICS OF GENOMICS RESEARCH

PART 6 FUTURE DIRECTIONS

ABBREVIATIONS

GLOSSARY

ISBN

9780123969675

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Waterstram-Rich, Kristen

Gilmore, David

Edition

8th ed.

Place of Publication

[St. Louis, MO]

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Publication Date

2017

Series

R2 LIbrary

Subjects

Nuclear Medicine

Tomography, Emission-Computed

Positron-Emission Tomography

Diagnostic Imaging

ISBN

9780323356220

0323356222

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Yennurajalingam, Sriram

Bruera, Eduardo

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Inc.

Publication Date

2011

Series

EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection

Subjects

Palliative Care

Hospices

Terminal Care

Neoplasms - complications

Handbooks

Abstract

Table of Contents:

1 Definitions and key elements in palliative care -- 2 Symptom assessment -- 3 Clinical decision making -- 4 Pain assessment and management -- 5 Fatigue -- 6 Cachexia -- 7 Dehydration -- 8 Anxiety and depression -- 9 Sleep disturbance -- 10 Chronic nausea and vomiting -- 11 Constipation and bowel obstruction -- 12 Delirium -- 13 Clinical issues related to palliative sedation -- 14 Dyspnea -- 15 Emergencies in palliative care -- 16 Other symptoms: xerostomia, hiccups, pruritis, pressure ulcers and wound care, lymphedema, and myoclonus -- 17 Management of cancer treatment?related adverse effects -- 18 Radiotherapy and palliative care -- 19 Hospice approach to palliative care, including Medicare hospice benefit -- 20 Psychosocial and cultural considerations in palliative care -- 21 Spiritual issues in palliative care -- 22 The palliative care team -- 23 Family conference: role in palliative care -- 24 Ethical aspects of palliative medicine -- 25 Prognostication in palliative care -- 26 Frequent pharmacological interactions in palliative care -- 27 Pediatric palliative care -- 28 Palliation in the care of older adults -- 29 Palliative care in end-stage heart failure -- 30 Palliative care in end-stage liver disease -- 31 Renal palliative care -- 32 Palliative care in patients with AIDS -- 33 Palliative care in end-stage neurological disease -- 34 Palliative care in end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- 35 Palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) -- 36 Research in terminally ill patients -- 37 Prevention and management: burnout in health-care providers

ISBN

9780195380156

9780199701681

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Alternate Title

Genomic and personalized medicine

Editor

Ginsburg, Geoffrey S.

Willard, Huntington F.

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

[Amsterdam]

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Publication Date

2017

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Genetics, Medical - methods

Proteomics - methods

Precision Medicine - methods

Abstract

Table of Contents:

The Human Genome: Foundation for Genomic and Precision Medicine -- The Functional Genome: Epigenetics and Epigenomics -- The State of Whole-Genome Sequencing -- The Human Microbiome -- Quantitative Proteomics for Clinical Translation -- From Data to Knowledge: An Introduction to Biomedical Informatics -- Local and Global Challenges in the Clinical Implementation of Precision Medicine -- From Biobanking to Precision Medicine: The Estonian Experience -- Electronic Health Records and Genomic Medicine -- Data Sharing and Privacy -- Designing Genetic- and Genomic Based Clinical Trials -- Developing the Evidence to Support Clinical Use of Genomics -- Family Health History and Health Risk Assessment in Health Care -- Genetics Aware Clinical Decision Support -- Implementation Science and Integration into Healthcare Systems -- Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics -- Clinical Genomic Testing -- Molecular Genetic Testing and the Future of Clinical Genomics -- Bridging Genomics to Medicine: Ethical, Policy, and Social Considerations -- Educational Issues and Strategies for Genomic Medicine: For the Public and for Providers -- Regulation of Genomic Technologies -- Developing the Value Proposition for Personalized Medicine -- Technology Assessment and the Road to Reimbursement of Genomic Based Diagnostics -- Legal Issues in Genomic and Precision Medicine: Intellectual Property and Beyond.

ISBN

0128006811

9780128006818

9780128006566

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Alternate Title

What is personalised medicine? Let us help you understand

Author

Garassino, Marina

Corporate Author

European Society for Medical Oncology

Place of Publication

Danvers, MA

Publisher

ESMO Press

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

42 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Series

ESMO patients guide series

Subjects

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Medical Oncology - methods

Neoplasms - therapy

Genomics

Individualized Medicine - methods

Molecular Diagnostic Techniques

Molecular Targeted Therapy

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

QZ241 G212 2013

Website Notes

Cancer guides for patients

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Editor

Canzonieri, Vincenzo

Giordano, Antonio

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Humana Press

Publication Date

2019

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Current clinical pathology

Subjects

Stomach Neoplasms

Precision Medicine - trends

ISBN

9783030048600

9783030048617

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Geddes, Gary

Place of Publication

[British Columbia]

Publisher

Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd

Publication Date

[2017]

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Health Services, Indigenous - history

First Nations

Healthcare Disparities - history

Racism - history

Health Policy - history

History, 20th Century

Canada

Abstract

Contents:

Joanie?s people : discarding the masks of shame -- Heartland : where the cure can be worse than the disease -- The long sentence : and the first shall be last -- Restoring the song : lessons for the hard of hearing.

ISBN

9781772031645

9781772031652

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Greenhalgh, Trisha

Edition

6th ed.

Place of Publication

Hoboken, NJ

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Publication Date

2019

Physical Description

xix, 262 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Evidence-Based Practice

Research

Journalism, Medical

Abstract

Contents:

Why read papers at all? -- Searching the literature -- Getting your bearings : what is this paper about? -- Assessing methodological quality -- Statistics for the non-statistician -- Papers that report trials of drugs and other simple interventions -- Papers that report trials of complex interventions -- Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests -- Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) -- Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines) -- Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses) -- Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research) -- Papers that report questionnaire research -- Papers that report quality improvement case studies -- Papers that describe genetic association studies -- Applying evidence with patients -- Criticisms of evidence-based healthcare.

ISBN

111948474X

9781119484745

9781119484738

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Kelowna Library

Victoria Library

Internet

Call Number

WB102.5 G813 2019

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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

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Corporate Author

United Ostomy Association of Canada. Vancouver Chapter

Edition

8th ed.

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

Vancouver United Ostomy Association

Publication Date

2019

Physical Description

96 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Ostomy

Colostomy

Colorectal Neoplasms

Colonic Neoplasms

Popular Work

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022 (F0002638)

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

WI520 H258 2019

Copies

Corporate Author

European Specialist Nurses Organisations

Editor

Charnay-Sonnek, Francoise

Murphy, Anne E.

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Publication Date

2019

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Principles of specialty nursing

Subjects

Neoplasms - nursing

Patient Participation

Neoplasms - therapy

Oncology Nursing - methods

Abstract

Contents:

1: Basis of Carcinogenesis

2: Epidemiology and Prevention

3: Evidence-Based Nursing in Basic Anticancer Treatment: Management of the Most Important Side Effects

4: The Patients? Journey with Targeted Therapies

5: Immunotherapy: New Challenges for Nursing

6: Robotic Surgery

7: Relational Competences

8: Nursing Diagnosis Specific to Oncology

9: Model of Announcing a Diagnosis of Cancer: The French Experience

10: Therapeutic Education

11: The Advanced Breast Cancer Nurse: A Key Role in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient Health Itinerary

12: Gynecological Cancer

13: The Patient Journey in Prostate Cancer: Key Points for Nurses

14: Bladder Cancer and Renal Cancer

15: Management of Pleural Burden in Metastatic Lung Cancer and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

16: Gastric Cancer

17: Pancreatic Cancer

18: Evidence-Based Nursing of Patients with Hematologic Malignancies

19: Advanced Nursing Practice: The Way to Go? ? How to Progress in Your Speciality

20: Children with Cancer: Communication, an Essential Component of Care

21: Support of Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer

22: Elderlies

23: Rare Tumours

24: Supportive Care in Cancer

25: Genetic Counseling

26: Oncology in the Primary Care

27: eHealth, ePatient

28: Patient as Actor of His Treatment: Shared Decision-Making

ISBN

9783319764573

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Zhang, Bin

Corporate Author

New Brunswick Cancer Network

Place of Publication

Fredericton, NB

Publisher

New Brunswick Cancer Network

Publication Date

2010

Subjects

Neoplasms - mortality

Neoplasms - epidemiology

Breast Neoplasms

Mass Screening

Statistics

New Brunswick

Canada

ISBN

9781554712489

Language

English

French

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ200 N533 2010

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Author

Katz, Anne

Place of Publication

Lanham, MD

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Publication Date

2011

Physical Description

vii, 209 p. ; 24 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

ebrary books for public

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Survivors - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Canada

Popular Work

ISBN

9781442203655

144220365X

9781442203679

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

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

Internet

Call Number

QZ200 K19s 2011

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