The BC Cancer Library
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Contents:; Systematic Review as a Basis for Evidence Based Practice -- The Value of Systematic Review : Dispelling Myths -- Organizing and Planning a Systematic Review -- Steps in the Systematic Review Process -- Developing Clinical Questions for a Systematic Review -- Resources and Methods to Maxi…
This book provides guidance to readers for how to conduct an integrative review. Over the decades, with the expansion of evidence-based practice (EBP), the evolution of methods used in reviews has resulted in a wide spectrum of review types. Due to the overlapping characteristics of the various rev…
Contents:; Introduction : First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in Canada : Understanding the Issues -- Western and Indigenous Ways of Knowing -- Cultural Competency, Cultural Sensitivity and Cultural Safety -- Historical Overview -- Understanding the Determinants of Health and Canada?s Native Popu…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library | On Loan, due Wednesday, June 5, 2024 | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
"Despite advances in the delivery of high-quality cancer care and improvements in patient outcomes in recent years, disparities in cancer incidence, care, and patient outcomes persist. To examine opportunities to improve health equity across the cancer care continuum, the National Cancer Policy For…
Many researchers dread writing. They find it laborious - even painful - to put their scholarly work into words. They get bogged down in the study, and lose track of the story. And they produce uninspiring papers that fail to resonate with readers or reviewers. This book offers an antidote to this p…
Contents:; 1. Reflections on the Past -- 2. Government, Law, and Ethics -- 3. Tort Law and Reform -- 4. Criminal Aspects of Health Care -- 5. Contracts -- 6. Civil Procedure and Trial Practice-- 7. Corporate Structure and Legal Issues -- 8. Medical Staff Organization and Physician Liability -- 9. N…
Contents:; Shaping Public Health through Research and Practice -- Framing the Research Question -- Ethical Standards and Practice for Public Health Research -- Community-Based Participatory Research -- Qualitative Research Methods for Public Health -- Observational Research Designs -- Experimental …
Contents:; Regulatory protection of human subjects in research -- The research problem -- Review of the literature -- The systematic review -- Methodology -- Survey research -- Qualitative research -- Community-based participatory research -- Clinical investigations -- Data analysis -- Exploring st…
Contents:; Introduction Technology, Compassion, and the Future of Healthcare -- Part One Coming to Terms with Compassion -- 1 Caring in a Digital Age: Exploring the Interface of Humans and Machines in the Provision of Compassionate Healthcare -- 2 Patient Engagement and Compassionate Care -- 3 Care…
Contents:; Coordination of care -- Diagnosis and staging -- Treatment modalities : local and systemic -- Nursing practice -- Psychosocial and spiritual.
Contents:; Provision of onco-fertility support / Annette Hasenburg, Joachim Weis, Roxana Schwab, Andrea Kiemen -- Provision of sexual health support / Jane Ussher, Janette Perz, Alex Hawkey -- Lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender issues [LGBT] / Karolina Lisy, Nick Hulbert-Williams, Jane Ussher, Alison…
Content:; 1. Introduction -- 2. Cancer Biology and Genetics for Non-Biologists -- 3. Survival Analysis -- 4. Designing and Running a Clinical Trial -- 5. Regression Analysis for Survival Data -- 6. Clinical Trials: the Statistician's Role -- 7. Cancer Epidemiology -- 8. Meta-Analysis -- 9. Cancer …
"Those who experience and survive cancer live in bonus time, a season of grace that can be both disorienting and wonderful. In this honest and hopeful account, two-time survivor Alec Hill helps readers recalibrate expectations, grapple with survivor's guilt, and steward the opportunities for new pu…
