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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Author

Assante, Julia

Place of Publication

Novato, CA

Publisher

New World Library

Publication Date

2012

Physical Description

xvi, 407 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Speculative Philosophy

Attitude to Death

Spiritualism

Thanatology

Popular Work

ISBN

9781608681600

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BD444 A844l 2012

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Author

Chodron, Pema

Editor

Oliver, Joan Duncan

Place of Publication

Boulder, CO

Publisher

Shambala Publications, Inc.

Publication Date

[2019]

Subjects

Buddhism

Philosophy

Uncertainty

Fear - psychology

Compassion

Meditation

Mindfulness

Popular Work

ISBN

9781611806809

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WM61 C545 2019

Website Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Alternate Title

12 rules for life

Author

Peterson, Jordan B.

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Random House Canada

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

xxxv, 409 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Psychology, Applied

Adaptation, Psychological

Attitude

Behavior

Philosophy

Decision Making

Self Concept

Popular Work

Abstract

Contents:

Stand up straight with your shoulders back -- Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping -- Make friends with people who want the best for you -- Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today -- Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them -- Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world -- Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient) -- Tell the truth--or, at least, don't lie --Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don't -- Be precise in your speech -- Do not bother children when they are skateboarding -- Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.

ISBN

9780345816023

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WM172.4 P485 2018

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Author

Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Scribner

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Leukemia - history

Neoplasms - history

Medical Oncology

Leukemia - drug therapy

Antineoplastic Agents - history

History of Medicine

History, 20th Century

United States

ISBN

9781439107959

1439107955

9781439170915 (pbk.)

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010

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Author

Deerchild, Rosanna

Publisher

BookLand Press

Publication Date

2015

Physical Description

80 p. ; 22 cm

Series

Canadian aboriginal voices

Subjects

Poetry

Indigenous Canadians - history

Child Abuse - history

First Nations - residential schools

First Nations

Canada

Popular Work

Abstract

Calling Down the Sky is a poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal Residential School confinements in the 1950''s when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents'' wishes. Many were forbidden to speak their language and practice their own culture. The author portrays how the ongoing impact of the residential schools problem has been felt throughout generations and has contributed to social problems that continue to exist today. -- Provided by publisher.

Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN

9781772310054

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WZ80.5 D312 2015

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Author

Kinch, Michael

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Pegasus Books Ltd.,

Publication Date

2019

Physical Description

xxv, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - history

Neoplasms - therapy

Immunotherapy

Popular Work

ISBN

9781643130255

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ266 K51e 2019

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Author

Saracci, Rodolfo

Wild, Christopher P

Place of Publication

Lyon, France

Publisher

IARC

Publication Date

2015

Physical Description

ix, 259 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - history

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Biomedical Research - history

World Health Organization - history

ISBN

9789283204404

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ11 I61s 2015

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Author

Williams, Mary Elizabeth

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Geographic Society

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

304 pages ; 23 cm

Subjects

Melanoma

Life Change Events

Neoplasms - therapy

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

"After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma--a 'rapidly fatal' form of cancer--journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock. She takes a once-in-a-lifetime chance and joins a clinical trial for immunotherapy, a revolutionary drug regimen that trains the body to vanquish malignant cells. Astonishingly, her cancer disappears entirely in just a few weeks. But at the same time, her best friend embarks on a cancer journey of her own--with very different results" -- Provided by publisher

ISBN

9781426216336

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WR500 W721s 2016

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Author

Wapner, Jessica

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

The Experiment

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

xiii, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive - history

Philadelphia Chromosome

Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl - history

Genetic Therapy - history

United States

ISBN

9781615190676

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ11 AA1 W252 2013

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Author

Battersby, Mark

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Peterborough, ON

Publisher

Broadview Press

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

viii, 290 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Statistics as Topic

Judgment

Information Literacy

Data Interpretation, Statistical

Science - methods

Thinking

Decision Making

ISBN

9781554812448

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

HA29 B384 2016

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Author

King, Thomas

Edition

Anchor Canada ed.

Place of Publication

Toronto

Publisher

Anchor Canada

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

xvi, 314 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

First Nations

Indigenous Canadians

Indigenous Canadians - history

North America -- Ethnic relations.

Popular Work

ISBN

9780385664226

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WZ80.5 K54 2013

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Editor

Tannock, Ian F

Edition

5th ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

xi, 575 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms

Textbooks

ISBN

9780071745208

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ200 B311 2013

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Author

Redvers, Nicole

Place of Publication

Berkeley, CA

Publisher

North Atlantic Books

Publication Date

2019

Physical Description

288 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects

First Nations

Medicine, Traditional

Evidence-Based Medicine

Health Services, Indigenous

Popular Work

Abstract

Based on current medical research, Native American and naturopathic doctor Nicole Redvers identifies traditional healing methods developed centuries ago that address modern ailments and medical processes - Provided by publisher

ISBN

9781623173364

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WB 55 R438 2019

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Author

Ross, Robert

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Penguin Group

Publication Date

[2014]

Physical Description

xxi, 322 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Social Determinants of Health - history

Social Factors

Minority Health - ethics

Minority Health - history

Indigenous Canadians - history

Indigenous Canadians - legislation & jurisprudence

Health Services, Indigenous

Cultural Characteristics

Canada

First Nations

ISBN

9780143191100

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Library

Call Number

WA300 R823 2014

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Author

Emmons, Henry

Bourgerie, Susan

Denton, Carolyn

Place of Publication

Oakland, CA

Publisher

New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Publication Date

2012

Physical Description

iv, 207 p. :ill. ; 26 cm.

Series

New Harbinger self help workbook

Subjects

Depression - prevention & control

Behavior Therapy - methods

Mindfulness

Resilience

Popular Work

ISBN

9781608822256

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WM171.5 E54 2012

Website Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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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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Author

Thernstrom, Melanie

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Picador

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

xiv, 418 p. ; 21 cm

Subjects

Pain - etiology

Pain - psychology

Pain - therapy

Chronic Disease - psychology

Chronic Disease - therapy

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780312573072

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WL704 T411p 2010

Copies

Author

Walker, Matthew

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Scribner

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

viii, 360 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Sleep disorders

Insomnia

Popular Work

ISBN

9781501144325

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WM188 W177 2017

Website Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Author

Starita, Joe

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

xiv, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subjects

Indigenous Peoples - history

First Nations

Picotte, Susan LaFlesche, 1865-1915

Physicians, Women

United States

Biography

Popular Work

Abstract

"On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte received her medical degree, becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history--thirty-one years before women could vote and thirty-five years before Indians could become citizens in their own country. By age twenty-six, this fragile but indomitable Native woman acquired 1,244 patients scattered across 1,350 square miles of rolling countryside with few roads. They were often desperately poor and sick with tuberculosis, small pox, measles, and influenza. She was their last hope and effectively became the chief of her entrenched patriarchal tribe, crashing through walls of ethnic, racial, and gender prejudice. A Warrior of the People is the moving biography of Susan La Flesche Picotte's inspirational life and dedication to public health, and it will finally shine a light on her numerous accomplishments that improved the lot of her people."--Back Cover

ISBN

9781250181312

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WZ100 S73w 2018

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