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Pathways to improving well-being for indigenous peoples : how living conditions decide health

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21530
Reading, Jeff, Halseth, Regine. Prince George, BC: National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health , 2013.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
W84 R287 2013
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Reading, Jeff
Halseth, Regine
Place of Publication
Prince George, BC
Publisher
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Publication Date
2013
Physical Description
55 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Health Services, Indigenous
Delivery of Health Care
Community Networks
First Nations
Health Status Disparities
Canada
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
W84 R287 2013
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Routledge handbook of indigenous wellbeing

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123096
New York, NY: Routledge , 2019.
Audience
Professional
Contents:; 1. The Complexity of Measuring Indigenous Welbeing; 2. Understanding Wellbeing; Part I: Physical Wellbeing; 3. Health and Physical Wellbeing of the Sami People; 4. Chronic Disease among Native North Americans; 5. Changing Concepts of Wellness among the Swahili of Lamu Town, Kenya; 6. Phy…
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Editor
Fleming, Christopher
Manning, Matthew
Miller, Adrian
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Routledge
Publication Date
2019
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Routledge international handbooks
Subjects
Mental Health
Minority Health
Social Determinants of Health
First Nations
Indigenous Peoples
Abstract
Contents:
1. The Complexity of Measuring Indigenous Welbeing
2. Understanding Wellbeing
Part I: Physical Wellbeing
3. Health and Physical Wellbeing of the Sami People
4. Chronic Disease among Native North Americans
5. Changing Concepts of Wellness among the Swahili of Lamu Town, Kenya
6. Physical Wellbeing of Native Hawaiians, the Indigenous People of Hawai?i
7. Traditional Healing and Indigenous Wellbeing in Aotearoa, New Zealand
8. Physical Wellbeing of Maori
Part II: Social and Emotional Wellbeing
9. Wellbeing in Swedish Indigenous Sami Children and Young-People: Looking Back and Looking Forward
10. Well-Being Considerations among Selected North American Indian Populations: Relationships, Spirits, and Connections
11. Socio-Economic Wellbeing of the Basarwa People of Botswana: A Forgotten Generation
12. The Comparative Wellbeing of the New Zealand Ma¯ori and Indigenous Australian Populations since 2000
Part III: Economic Wellbeing
13. Economic Wellbeing of Canada?s Indigenous People
14. El ?Buen Vivir?: Notions of Wellbeing Among Indigenous Peoples Of South America
15. The Economic Wellbeing of the San of the Western, Central, and Eastern Kalahari Regions of Botswana
16. Economic Wellbeing of the Indigenous People in the Asia Pacific Region: The Role of Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development
17. The Social and Economic Situation of Scheduled Tribes in India
18. Maori Identity and Economic Wellbeing
Part IV: Cultural and Spiritual Wellbeing
19. "We have our own way:" Exploring Pathways for Wellbeing Among Inuit in Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Canada
20. Indigenous Culture-as-Treatment in the Era of Evidence-Based Mental Health Practice
21. The Relationship between Child Labour, Participation in Cultural Activities, and the Schooling Outcomes of Children: An Analysis by Indigenous Status
22. Mabu liyan: The Yawuru Way
Part V: Subjective Wellbeing
23. Subjective Wellbeing of Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
24. Subjective Wellbeing of Indigenous Latin Americans: Regional Trends and the Case of Mexico?s Indigenous People
25. Subjective Wellbeing of the P?urhépecha People: Between Tradition and Modernity
26. Subjective Wellbeing of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island People of Australia
27. Indigenous Wellbeing and Future Challenges
ISBN
9781351051255
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Traditional animal foods of indigenous peoples of northern North America : the contributions of wildlife diversity to the subsistence and nutrition of indigenous cultures

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog119903
Kuhnlein, Harriet V., Humphries, Murray M. Montreal, QC: Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment, McGill University , 2017.
Audience
Patient or Public
Professional
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Author
Kuhnlein, Harriet V.
Humphries, Murray M.
Place of Publication
Montreal, QC
Publisher
Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment, McGill University
Publication Date
2017
Subjects
First Nations
Canada
Nutrition
Ecology
Biodiversity
Nutritive Value
Meat
Food
Anthropology, Cultural
Notes
"This web publication has the purpose to describe and to reference the published literature on traditional animal foods known and used by Indigenous Peoples of northern North America."
Language
English
Material Type
Website
Online
Audience
Patient or Public
Professional
Location
Internet
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Determinants of indigenous peoples' health in Canada : beyond the social

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123098
Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars Press , 2018. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
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Editor
Greenwood, Margo
de Leeuw, Sarah
Lindsay, Nicole Marie
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Toronto, ON
Publisher
Canadian Scholars Press
Publication Date
2018
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Subjects
Indigenous Canadians
First Nations
Health Services, Indigenous
Social Determinants of Health - history
Health Status Disparities
Medicine, Traditional
ISBN
9781773380391
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Medicine unbundled : a journey through the minefields of indigenous health care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122990
Geddes, Gary. [British Columbia]: Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd , [2017].
Audience
Professional
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.
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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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Review of the Australian Government rebate on natural therapies for private health insurance

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113701
Australia. Department of Health. Canberra, A.C.T.: Australia. Department of Health. , 2015.
Audience
Professional
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Compassion fatigue and burnout in nursing : enhancing professional quality of life

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122405
Todaro-Franceschi, Vidette. New York, NY: Springer Publishing , 2013.
Audience
Professional
Contents:; Introduction : the good, the bad, and the ugly -- Transforming both health and care -- Compassion and contentment : being heartful -- Values and excellences in nursing -- The art of reaffirming purpose -- A heavy heart hurts -- I know what I ought to do! -- Burnt out and seemingly heartl…
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Author
Todaro-Franceschi, Vidette
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Publishing
Publication Date
2013
Series
EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection
Subjects
Nurses - psychology
Philosophy, Nursing
Empathy
Burnout, Professional - psychology
Quality of Life
Abstract
Contents:
Introduction : the good, the bad, and the ugly -- Transforming both health and care -- Compassion and contentment : being heartful -- Values and excellences in nursing -- The art of reaffirming purpose -- A heavy heart hurts -- I know what I ought to do! -- Burnt out and seemingly heartless -- Being prepared to care for the dying -- Shared horrors and aching, breaking hearts -- Cultivating collective mindful awareness -- Imagine it and actualize it.
ISBN
9780826109774
9780826109781
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Research and reconciliation : unsettling ways of knowing through indigenous relationships

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog125328
Toronto, Vancouver: Canadian Scholars , 2019.
Audience
Professional
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Editor
Wilson, Shawn
Breen, Andrea V.
DuPré, Lindsay
Place of Publication
Toronto, Vancouver
Publisher
Canadian Scholars
Publication Date
2019
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Subjects
Indigenous Canadians
Social sciences - research
ISBN
9781773381176
9781773381152
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Under-served : health determinants of Indigenous, inner-city, and migrant populations in Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123515
Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars , 2018.
Audience
Professional
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Editor
Arya, Akshaya Neil
Piggott, Thomas
Place of Publication
Toronto, ON
Publisher
Canadian Scholars
Publication Date
2018
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Subjects
Social Determinants of Health
Health Services, Indigenous
Urban Health Services
ISBN
9781773380582
9781773380599
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Indigenous cultures and mental health counselling : four directions for integration with counselling psychology

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124964
Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group , 2017.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Editor
Stewart, Suzanne L.
Moodley, Roy
Hyatt, Ashley
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
Publication Date
2017
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Explorations in mental health series
Subjects
Indigenous People - psychology
Community Mental Health Services - methods
Medicine, Traditional
Culturally Competent Care
Health Services, Indigenous
North America
ISBN
9781317400240
9781138928992
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Metis cancer control in Canada baseline report

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121143
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer , 2014.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ200 C212m 2014
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Living with cancer : a report on the patient experience

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121192
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer , 2018.
Audience
Professional
Living with Cancer: A Report on the Patient Experience, is the first in a series looking at Canadian cancer care exclusively from the patient perspective, illustrating the experience of those individuals and families living with and beyond cancer. This groundbreaking report includes data drawn from…
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Corporate Author
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
50 p.
Series
System performance reports
Subjects
Neoplasms
Neoplasms - psychology
Patient Satisfaction
Patient Navigation
Cancer Survivors
Adaptation, Psychological
Uncertainty
Integrative Oncology
Health Services Accessibility
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Continuity of Care
Quality of Health Care
Statistics
Canada
Abstract
Living with Cancer: A Report on the Patient Experience, is the first in a series looking at Canadian cancer care exclusively from the patient perspective, illustrating the experience of those individuals and families living with and beyond cancer. This groundbreaking report includes data drawn from multiple sources, including Patient Reported Outcomes partners, the Ambulatory Oncology Patient Satisfaction Survey, and initial results from the first Canada-wide study of cancer survivors on the experience of 13,000 Canadians with cancer. - website
Notes
January 2018
ISBN
9781988000343
9781988000350
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Monte Carlo dosimetry of total body irradiation

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121966
Burns, Levi. [Vancouver, BC?]: University of British Columbia , 2018.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
LE3 B967 2018
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Author
Burns, Levi
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
University of British Columbia
Publication Date
2018
Subjects
Whole-Body Irradiation - methods
Radiometry
Radiotherapy
Thesis
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Thesis
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Call Number
LE3 B967 2018
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Handbook of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18462
Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning , 2010. 3rd ed.
Audience
Professional
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Editor
Kee, Joyce LeFever
Paulanka, Betty J
Polek, Carolee
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Clifton Park, NY
Publisher
Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication Date
2010
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Water-Electrolyte Imbalance
Acid-Base Imbalance
Body Fluids
Handbooks
ISBN
978143543685
1435453689
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Gay and bisexual men living with prostate cancer : from diagnosis to recovery

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121056
New York, NY: Harrington Park Press , 2018.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WJ762 G285 2018
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
  1 read online  
Editor
Ussher, Jane M.
Perz, Janette
Rosser, B.R. Simon
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Harrington Park Press
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
x, 353 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Prostatic Neoplasms - psychology
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Long Term Adverse Effects
Attitude of Health Personnel
Cancer Survivors - psychology
Notes
SOGIE 2SLGBTQIA Collection
ISBN
9781939594259
9781939594266
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Library
Internet
Call Number
WJ762 G285 2018
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Geography of women's wellness and well-being across British Columbia : a supplement to the British Columbia atlas of wellness

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19515
Virtue, Noelle. [Victoria, BC?]: University of Victory, Department of Geography , 2010.
Audience
Professional
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Author
Virtue, Noelle
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC?]
Publisher
University of Victory, Department of Geography
Publication Date
2010
Series
British Columbia atlas of wellness
Subjects
Health Promotion
Women
Health Status Indicators
Public Health
Statistics
Canadian Community Health Survey
Maps
British Columbia
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Supporting compassionate healthcare practice : understanding the role of resilience, positivity and well being

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122348
Chambers, Claire, Ryder, Elaine. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge , 2019.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
W84.7 C444 2019
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  1 read online  
Author
Chambers, Claire
Ryder, Elaine
Place of Publication
Abingdon, Oxon
Publisher
Routledge
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
xviii, 194 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Subjects
Patient Care - psychology
Empathy
Attitude of Health Personnel
Professional - Patient Relations
Optimism
Compassion Fatigue - prevention & control
ISBN
9781138092105
9781351607933
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Kelowna Library
Internet
Call Number
W84.7 C444 2019
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British Columbia atlas of wellness

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20181
Foster, Leslie T. [Victoria, BC?]: Western Geographical Press , 2011. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WA900 DC2 F754 2007
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Alternate Title
Atlas of wellness
Author
Foster, Leslie T
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC?]
Publisher
Western Geographical Press
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
iv, 233 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Series
Canadian western geographical series 42
British Columbia atlas of wellness
Subjects
Statistics
Health Status Indicators
Public Health
Health Promotion
Canadian Community Health Survey
Population Surveillance
Maps
British Columbia
Notes
VC REF print copy is 1st ed. 2007
ISBN
9780919838321
ISSN
1203-1178
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Vancouver Library REF Statistics
Call Number
WA900 DC2 F754 2007
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Breaking the silence on cancer and sexuality : a handbook for healthcare providers

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121022
Katz, Anne. Pittsburgh, PA: Oncology Nursing Society , 2018. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ200 K19b 2018
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
  1 read online  
Author
Katz, Anne
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, PA
Publisher
Oncology Nursing Society
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
ix, 293 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
Sex Counseling
Sexuality
Body Image
Sexual Partners
Psychosexual Development
Libido
Communication
Patient Education
Fertility
Professional-Patient Relations
Oncology Nursing
ISBN
1635930162
9781635930160
9781635930177
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Kelowna Library
Internet
Call Number
QZ200 K19b 2018
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Complementary and alternative therapies in nursing

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121423
New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC , 2018. 8th ed.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Alternate Title
Complementary & alternative therapies in nursing
Editor
Lindquist, Ruth
Tracy, Mary Fran
Snyder, Mariah.
Edition
8th ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company, LLC
Publication Date
2018
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Holistic Nursing
Complementary Therapies - nursing
ISBN
9780826144331
0826144330
9780826144348
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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