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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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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
Website Notes
This Proquest title is licensed for ONE BC Cancer staff user at a time. If you are denied access while on a network computer, please try again later.
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Determinants of indigenous peoples' health in Canada : beyond the social

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113709
[Toronto, ON]: Canadian Scholars Press , 2015.
Audience
Professional
Patient or Public
Call Number
WA300 D479 2015
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Editor
Greenwood, Margo
de Leeuw, Sarah
Lindsay, Nicole Marie
Reading, Charlotte
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Scholars Press
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
xxix, 279 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
First Nations
Inuits
Health Services, Indigenous
Social Determinants of Health - history
Health Status Disparities
Medicine, Traditional
Canada
ISBN
9781551307329
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WA300 D479 2015

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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
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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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…
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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Calling down the sky

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123323
Deerchild, Rosanna. BookLand Press , 2015.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WZ80.5 D312 2015
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
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'…
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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Indigenous healing : exploring traditional paths

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123182
Ross, Robert. [Toronto, ON]: Penguin Group , [2014].
Audience
Professional
Patient or Public
Call Number
WA300 R823 2014
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
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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21 things you may not know about the Indian Act : helping Canadians make reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a reality

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124045
Joseph, Bob. Port Coquitlam, BC: Indigenous Relations Press , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WZ80.5 J83 2018
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Alternate Title
Twenty one things you ay not know about the Indian Act
Author
Joseph, Bob
Place of Publication
Port Coquitlam, BC
Publisher
Indigenous Relations Press
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
189 p. ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Canada, Indian Act
Indigenous Canadians - history
Indigenous Canadian - legislation & jurisprudence
Reconciliation
Relational Autonomy
First Nations
Canada
ISBN
9780995266520
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Kelowna Library
Victoria Library
Call Number
WZ80.5 J83 2018

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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…
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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Up Ghost River : a chief's journey through the turbulent waters of Native history

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124478
Metatawabin, Edmund, Shimo, Alexandra. [Toronto, ON]: Vintage Canada , 2015.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WZ80.5 M587u 2015
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Metatawabin, Edmund
Shimo, Alexandra
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Vintage Canada
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
xix, 316 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 21 cm
Subjects
Indigenous Canadians
Indigenous Canadians - history
First Nations
First Nations - residential schools
Political Activism
Canada
Popular Work
Personal Narratives
ISBN
9780307399885
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WZ80.5 M587u 2015

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Legacy: trauma, story, and Indigenous healing

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog125223
Methot, Suzanne. Toronto, ON: ECW Press , 2019.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WA300 M592 2019
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
"Five hundred years of colonization have taken an incalculable toll on the Indigenous peoples of the Americas: substance use disorders and shockingly high rates of depression, diabetes, and other chronic health conditions brought on by genocide and colonial control. With passionate logic and chilli…
Author
Methot, Suzanne
Place of Publication
Toronto, ON
Publisher
ECW Press
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
360 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Indigenous Canadians - history
Indigenous Canadians - psychology
Historical Trauma - therapy
Psychological Trauma - therapy
Mental Health
First Nations
Colonization
Canada
Popular Work
Abstract
"Five hundred years of colonization have taken an incalculable toll on the Indigenous peoples of the Americas: substance use disorders and shockingly high rates of depression, diabetes, and other chronic health conditions brought on by genocide and colonial control. With passionate logic and chillingly clear prose, author and educator Suzanne Methot uses history, human development, and her own and others? stories to trace the roots of Indigenous cultural dislocation and community breakdown in an original and provocative examination of the long-term effects of colonization. But all is not lost. Methot also shows how we can come back from this with Indigenous ways of knowing lighting the way."--Jacket.
Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.
ISBN
9781770414259
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WA300 M592 2019

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Wisdom engaged : traditional knowledge for Northern Community well-Being

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog125186
Edmonton, AB: Polynya Press , 2019. 1st ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WA300 J67 2019
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Editor
Johnson, Leslie Main
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Edmonton, AB
Publisher
Polynya Press
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
xiv, 402 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Patterns of Northern Traditional Healing; v. 3
Subjects
First Nations
Indigenous Canadians
Healthy Lifestyle
Medicine, Traditional
Plants, Medicinal
Spiritual Therapies
Canada
Popular Work
Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.
ISBN
9781772124101
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WA300 J67 2019

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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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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
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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
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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
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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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
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
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
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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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
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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:
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
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