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Bright hour : a memoir of living and dying

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120153
Riggs, Nina. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster , 2017.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 R569 2017
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
The Bright Hour is the memoir of Nina Rigg, following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. "With the lyricism of poetry and a voice that never trades on simple grief, 'The Bright Hour' celebrates living -- living well, living fully -- and the transcendent combination of light and darkness that ma…
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Author
Riggs, Nina
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
310 p. ; 22 cm
Subjects
Terminally Ill - psychology
Attitude to Death
Life
Life Change Events
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
Abstract
The Bright Hour is the memoir of Nina Rigg, following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. "With the lyricism of poetry and a voice that never trades on simple grief, 'The Bright Hour' celebrates living -- living well, living fully -- and the transcendent combination of light and darkness that makes us human." - Cover
ISBN
9781501169359
1501169351
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
BF789 D4 R569 2017
Website Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Your digital undertaker : exploring death in the digital age in Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122118
Hartung, Sharon. [British Columbia]: Sharon Hartung , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
W85.5 H336 2018
Availability
7 copies, 7 available
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Author
Hartung, Sharon
Place of Publication
[British Columbia]
Publisher
Sharon Hartung
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
iv, 268 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Death
Wills
Advance Care Planning
Information technology
Canada
Popular Work
Notes
Surrey CIC keep 2022
ISBN
9781999450137
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Prince George Cancer Info Ctr
Surrey Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
W85.5 H336 2018

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Dying in public : living with metastatic breast cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121211
Hendler, Sue. Kingston, ON: Michael Grass House , 2012.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WP870 H497 2012
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
This book is comprised of a series columns by Sue Hendler which appeared bi-weekly in her hometown newspaper, The Kingston Whig-Standard, between 2008 - 2009.
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Author
Hendler, Sue
Editor
Overall, Christine
Place of Publication
Kingston, ON
Publisher
Michael Grass House
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
157 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasm Metastasis
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Life Change Events
Attitude to Death
Adaptation, Psychological
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
Abstract
This book is comprised of a series columns by Sue Hendler which appeared bi-weekly in her hometown newspaper, The Kingston Whig-Standard, between 2008 - 2009.
ISBN
9780987972576
098797257X
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WP870 H497 2012

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Choosing to live, choosing to die : the complexities of assisted dying

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124485
Tate, Nikki, Wuthrich. Belle (ill.). [British Columbia]: Orca Book Publishers , 2019.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
W85.5 T216c 2019
Availability
2 copies, 1 available
"This nonfiction book for teens examines the complex issue of medical assistance in dying from multiple perspectives."-- Provided by publisher
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Author
Tate, Nikki
Wuthrich. Belle (ill.)
Place of Publication
[British Columbia]
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
172 pages : colour illustrations ; 22cm
Subjects
Right to Die
Euthanasia
Suicide, Assisted
Ethics, Medical
Canada
Juvenile Literature
Popular Work
Abstract
"This nonfiction book for teens examines the complex issue of medical assistance in dying from multiple perspectives."-- Provided by publisher
ISBN
9781459818897
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
W85.5 T216c 2019

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Breaking boundaries : LGBTQ2 writers on coming out and into Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121413
Nanoose Bay, BC: Rebel Mountain Press , 2017.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WA300 B828 2017
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Editor
Shwydky, Lori
Place of Publication
Nanoose Bay, BC
Publisher
Rebel Mountain Press
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
145 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Personal Narratives
Canada
Popular Work
Notes
SOGIE 2SLGBTQIA Collection
ISBN
9780994730275
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WA300 B828 2017

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Cancer connections : images of hope and courage from across Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21733
Burns, James. Mississauga, ON: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. , 2011.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 H967 2011
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Based on PhotoSensitive's Cancer connections exhibition.
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Author
Burns, James
Corporate Author
PhotoSensitive
Place of Publication
Mississauga, ON
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
191 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Survivors
Personal Narratives
Photography
Exhibitions
Pictorial Works
Canada
Popular Work
Abstract
Based on PhotoSensitive's Cancer connections exhibition.
ISBN
9780470964491
0470964499
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ201 H967 2011

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Structures of indifference : an indigenous life and death in a Canadian city

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122893
McCallum, Mary Jane Logan, Perry, Adele. Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WA300 M478 2018
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
"[This book] examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. In September 2008, Brian Sinclair, a middle-aged, non-Status Anishinaabe resident of Winnipeg, arrived in the emergency room of a major downtown hospital. Over a thirt…
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Author
McCallum, Mary Jane Logan
Perry, Adele
Place of Publication
Winnipeg, MB
Publisher
University of Manitoba Press
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
186 p. :ill. ; 18 cm.
Subjects
First Nations
Metis
Healthcare Disparities
Racism
Race Relations - history
Cultural Competency
Minority Health
Canada
Popular Work
Abstract
"[This book] examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. In September 2008, Brian Sinclair, a middle-aged, non-Status Anishinaabe resident of Winnipeg, arrived in the emergency room of a major downtown hospital. Over a thirty-four- hour period, he was left untreated and unattended to, and ultimately died from an easily treatable infection. McCallum and Perry present the ways in which Sinclair, once erased and ignored, came to represent diffuse, yet singular and largely dehumanized ideas about Indigenous people, modernity, and decline in cities. This story tells us about ordinary indigeneity in the city of Winnipeg through Sinclair?s experience and restores the complex humanity denied him in his interactions with Canadian health and legal systems, both before and after his death." - Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9780887558351
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Prince George Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WA300 M478 2018
Website Notes
Some copies was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Good medicine : the art of ethical care in Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121203
Hebert, Philip C. [Toronto, ON]: Doubleday Canada , 2016.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
W 50 H446 2016
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Contents:; Introduction: Strangers in a Strange Land -- Bad Attitude -- Plato and the Art of Letting Go -- Thrown for a Loop -- The Patient's Voice -- A Death Foretold, a Death Unfolds -- The Quality of Our Mercy -- Suffer the Children -- Quitting Time -- Death and the Doctor -- Beyond the Black Ba…
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Author
Hebert, Philip C.
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Publication Date
2016
Physical Description
192 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Medical Ethics
Canada
Abstract
Contents:
Introduction: Strangers in a Strange Land -- Bad Attitude -- Plato and the Art of Letting Go -- Thrown for a Loop -- The Patient's Voice -- A Death Foretold, a Death Unfolds -- The Quality of Our Mercy -- Suffer the Children -- Quitting Time -- Death and the Doctor -- Beyond the Black Bag.
Notes
Stories of letting go and holding on for patients and the physicians who treat them - Cover
ISBN
9780385683258
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Call Number
W 50 H446 2016

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Edible and medicinal plants of Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124362
MacKinnon, Andrew. Edmonton, AB: Partners Publishing | Lone Pine Publishing, Inc. , 2014.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QV766 M158 2014
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
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Author
MacKinnon, Andrew
Place of Publication
Edmonton, AB
Publisher
Partners Publishing
Lone Pine Publishing, Inc.
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
448 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Plants, Edible
Plants, Medicinal
Medicine, Traditional
Canada
Handbook
ISBN
9781772130027
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QV766 M158 2014

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Access to palliative care in Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121194
Canadian Institute for Health Information. [Ottawa, ON]: Canadian Institute for Health Information , 2018.
Audience
Professional
CIHI's report Access to Palliative Care in Canada provides baseline information on what we know about palliative care services in the last year of life, on whether Canadians have equitable and timely access to appropriate services and on gaps in this area of health care. - Website
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  2 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Place of Publication
[Ottawa, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Publication Date
2018
Subjects
Palliative Care
Delivery of Health Care
Community Health Planning
Caregivers
Canada
Abstract
CIHI's report Access to Palliative Care in Canada provides baseline information on what we know about palliative care services in the last year of life, on whether Canadians have equitable and timely access to appropriate services and on gaps in this area of health care. - Website
ISBN
9781771097376
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Read Online
https://www.cihi.ca/en/access-data-and-reports/access-to-palliative-care-in-canada
https://www.cihi.ca/sites/default/files/document/access-palliative-care-2018-en-web.pdf
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Canada's health care providers1997 to 2011: A reference guide

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog9918
Canadian Institute for Health Information. Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Institute for Health Information , 2013.
Audience
Professional
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Corporate Author
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Place of Publication
Ottawa, Ont.
Publisher
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Publication Date
2013
Subjects
Health Manpower
Health Personnel
Canada
ISBN
9781771091848
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
PDF is available for download from this site
Read Online
https://secure.cihi.ca/estore/productSeries.htm?pc=PCC56
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Psychological impact of breast cancer : a psychologist’s insights as a patient

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20674
Galgut, Cordelia. Oxford, UK: Radcliffe Publishing , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WP870 G155 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Galgut, Cordelia
Place of Publication
Oxford, UK
Publisher
Radcliffe Publishing
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
xvi, 187 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Attitude to Health
Adaptation, Psychological
Autobiography
Popular Work
ISBN
9781846193033
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WP870 G155 2010

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CPS 2017 : compendium of pharmaceuticals and specialties : Canada's trusted drug reference

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog119896
Canadian Pharmacists Association. [Ottawa, ON]: Canadian Pharmacists Association , 2017.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QV704 C737 2017
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Volume 1: A-L; Volume 2: M-Z
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Corporate Author
Canadian Pharmacists Association
Editor
Jovaisas, Barbara
Place of Publication
[Ottawa, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Pharmacists Association
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
2 v.
Subjects
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Pharmacopoeias
Canada
Catalogs
Abstract
Volume 1: A-L
Volume 2: M-Z
ISBN
9781772410006
ISSN
0069-7966
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QV704 C737 2017

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CPS 2018 : compendium of pharmaceuticals and specialties : Canada's trusted drug reference

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120636
Canadian Pharmacists Association. [Ottawa, ON]: Canadian Pharmacists Association , 2018.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QV704 C737 2018
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Volume 1: A-L; Volume 2: M-Z
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Corporate Author
Canadian Pharmacists Association
Editor
Welbanks, Louise
Place of Publication
[Ottawa, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Pharmacists Association
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
2 v.
Subjects
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Pharmacopoeias
Canada
Catalogs
Abstract
Volume 1: A-L
Volume 2: M-Z
ISBN
9781772410044
ISSN
0069-7966
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library REF
Call Number
QV704 C737 2018

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Health literacy in Canada: a primer for students

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120948
Hoffman-Goetz, Laurie, Donelle, Lorie, Ahmed, Ruksana. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc. , 2014.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WA590 H699 2014
Availability
1 copy, 0 available
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Author
Hoffman-Goetz, Laurie
Donelle, Lorie
Ahmed, Ruksana
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
xv, 247 p. :ill. ; 25 cm
Subjects
Health Literacy
Patient Education as Topic
Professional-Patient Relations
Physician-Patient Relations
Leadership
Coaching
Canada
ISBN
9781551305592
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WA590 H699 2014

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Prostate cancer control in Canada : a system performance spotlight report

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120280
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer , 2015.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WJ752 C212 2015
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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  2 read online  
Alternate Title
Head of title: System performance reports
Corporate Author
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
124 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series
System performance reports
Subjects
Prostatic Neoplasms - prevention & control
Quality of Health Care
Canada
Notes
November 2015
ISBN
9781988000015
9781988000008
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
WJ752 C212 2015
Read Online
http://www.systemperformance.ca/report/prostate-cancer-control-in-canada-a-system-performance-spotlight-report/
http://www.systemperformance.ca/reports/

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Waiting your turn : wait times for health care in Canada, 2017 report

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120913
Barua, Bacchus. [Vancouver, BC?]: Fraser Institute , 2017. [27th ed.].
Audience
Professional
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Continues / Continued By
Continues:
Waiting your turn : hospital waiting lists in Canada
Author
Barua, Bacchus
Edition
[27th ed.]
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
Fraser Institute
Publication Date
2017
Subjects
Hospitals - utilization
Waiting Lists
Canada
ISBN
9780889754751
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Read Online
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-2017
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/waiting-your-turn-2017.pdf
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Primer on scientific risk assessment at Health Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19148
Saner, Marc. [Ottawa, ON]: Health Canada , 2010.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WA900 S223 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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  2 read online  
Author
Saner, Marc
Corporate Author
Canada. Health Canada
Place of Publication
[Ottawa, ON]
Publisher
Health Canada
Publication Date
2010
Subjects
Risk Assessment
Consumer Product Safety
Public Health
Risk Management
Decision Making
Canada
ISBN
9781100153773
Language
English
French
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
WA900 S223 2010
Read Online
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/sr-sr/pubs/about-apropos/2010-scientif-ris/index-eng.php
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/sr-sr/alt_formats/pdf/pubs/about-apropos/2010-scientif-ris-eng.pdf

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Breast cancer control in Canada : a system performance special focus report

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113935
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer , 2012.
Audience
Professional
More Information
  2 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
iii, 114 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
System performance reports
Subjects
Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control
Quality of Health Care
Canada
Notes
September 2012
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Read Online
http://www.systemperformance.ca/report/breast-cancer-control-in-canada-a-system-performance-special-focus-report/
http://www.systemperformance.ca/reports/
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Guidelines for the economic evaluation of health technologies : Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121661
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. [Ottawa, ON]: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) , 2017. 4th ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
W 82 G946 2017
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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  2 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Edition
4th ed.
Place of Publication
[Ottawa, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
76 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
CADTH methods and guidelines
Subjects
Technology Assessment, Biomedical - economics
Technology Assessment, Biomedical - methods
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Decision Making
Guidelines
Canada
Notes
In April 2006 Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA) changed to Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
W 82 G946 2017
Read Online
https://www.cadth.ca/dv/guidelines-economic-evaluation-health-technologies-canada-4th-edition
https://www.cadth.ca/about-cadth/how-we-do-it/methods-and-guidelines/guidelines-for-the-economic-evaluation-of-health-technologies-canada

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