Corporate Author

Healing Project

Place of Publication

Brooklyn, NY

Publisher

LaChance Publishing

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

xxxix, 306 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series

"Voices of" series book 3

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Breast Neoplasms

Survivors - psychology

Social Support

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

ISBN

978934184004

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 V889h 2007

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Author

Munn, Rebecca Whitehead

Place of Publication

Berkeley, CA

Publisher

She Writes Press

Publication Date

2020

Subjects

Cancer Survivors - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9781631527951

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 M965a 2020

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Author

Tocher, Michelle

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Key Porter Books

Publication Date

2002

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

1552633977

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 T631 2002

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Alternate Title

Telling our stories : First Nations, Inuit and Metis patient and caregiver stories

Corporate Author

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Cancer View Canada

Publication Date

2010

Series

Truth of it 5

Subjects

First Nations

Inuits

Neoplasms - psychology

Social Support

Adaptation, Psychological

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Caregivers

Family Relations

Survivors

Patients

Body Image

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

Notes

Some branches have a recent version of DVD, Telling our stories: First Nations, Inuit and Metis patient and caregiver stories. 2014.

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

QZ201 T875c 2010 v.5

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Author

Lance Armstrong Foundation

Corporate Author

Lance Armstrong Foundation

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Broadway Books

Publication Date

2005

Physical Description

xi, 235 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Survivors - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780767921381

0767921380

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 L246 2005

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Author

Dresser, Norine

Wasserman, Fredda

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Demos Health

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

xix, 210 p. ; 23 cm.

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Death - psychology

Grief

Bereavement

Terminally Ill

Attitude to Death

Adaptation, Psychological

Autobiography

Popular Work

ISBN

9781932603859

1932603859

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF575 G7 D773 2010

Website Notes

Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca or calling 1.888.675.8001 x 7000 (toll-free) to obtain a username and password.

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Author

Brams, Robert S.

Coons, Christopher A.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

xii, 170 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm

Subjects

Brain Neoplasms

Life Change Events

Adaptation, Psychological

Optimism

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9781510766167

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WL358 B815 2021

Copies

Author

Hayes, Cynthia

Place of Publication

Austin, TX

Publisher

River Grove Books

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

x, 254 pages ; 23 cm

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Stress

Anxiety

Depression

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

"Coping with cancer is hard. It is an emotional ordeal as well as a physical one, with known and somewhat predictable psychological responses. And yet, patients often feel isolated and alone when dealing with the stress, anxiety, depression, and existential crises so typical with a cancer diagnosis. The Big Ordeal, written in collaboration with a psychologist and two oncologists, tackles the emotional side of the experience head-on, to help newly diagnosed patients and their loved ones anticipate, understand, and deal with the psychological turmoil ahead. Based on interviews with scores of patients and experts across a variety of fields, combining patient stories with medical insights and advice from those who have been there, and structured around the typical phases of the process, this book is an accessible resource for anyone who receive a cancer diagnosis" --Back cover

ISBN

9781632993359

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 H417b 2021

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Author

Samuel, Julia

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Doubleday Canada

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

xxi, 294 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Grief

Loss

Bereavement

Attitude to Death

Adaptation, Psychological

Case Reports

Popular Work

Notes

Copies may differ by pub date, publisher and ISBN.

ISBN

9780385690867

9780385690881

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF575 G7 S193 2018

Website Notes

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

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Author

Canfield, Jack

Hansen, Mark Victor

Kelly, Mary Olsen

Place of Publication

Deerfield Beach, FL

Publisher

Health Communications, Inc.

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

xvii, 285 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Breast Neoplasms

Survivors - psychology

Social Support

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

0757305210

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 C222 2006

Copies

Author

Peterson, Lynda

Place of Publication

Whitehorse, YT

Publisher

Lynda Peterson

Publication Date

2011

Physical Description

ii, 200 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Diaries

Personal Narratives

BC Cancer Agency

Lymphoma

Popular Work

Notes

This is a personal narrative plus patient journal and appointment diary.

ISBN

9780986903205

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

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 P485 2011

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Author

Garmon, Linda

Ellerbee, Linda

Place of Publication

[Boston, MA]

Publisher

WGBH Boston Video

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

116 minutes

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Neoplasms - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Survivors

Patients

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

Abstract

This documentary seeks to answer the question "Why does anyone still die of cancer?". Filmmaker Linda Garmon shares the personal story of her own husband's battle with cancer and seeks to tell us where we stand in fighting this decades-old war. Following the film is the panel discussion. "Take one step : a conversation about cancer" with Linda Ellerbee, featuring cancer survivors Dr. Ernie Bodai, Dr. Bernadine Healy, Dr. Paul Brenner, and Dr. Richard Payne. Features footage of panel discussion, printable resources, and Web site link.

Truth about cancer (86 minutes)

Take one step : a conversation about cancer with Linda Ellerbee (30 minutes)

ISBN

9781593758301

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 T874 2008

Website Notes

2nd URL leads to background information

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Editor

Silver, Julie K

Place of Publication

Atlanta, GA

Publisher

American Cancer Society/Health Promotions

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xvii, 362 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Survivors

Patients

Adaptation, Psychological

Self Care

Personal Narratives

Abstract

How I nurtured myself

How my family helped

How friends made a difference

Care and support from the health care team

What helped my children cope

Balancing work and family

How I changed my diet

How I changed my exercise routine

What I did to relieve stress

How being spiritual helped

What I wish I had known at diagnosis

What would have helped but was too hard to ask for

How my body and intimacy were affected

What helped me heal

How cancer changed my life

What it means to be a survivor

ISBN

9781604430042

1604430044

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 W555s 2009

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Author

Carpenter, Phil

Place of Publication

Markham, ON

Publisher

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Publication Date

2012

Physical Description

109 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Mammaplasty

Mastectomy

Portraits

Family Relations

Survivors - psychology

Pictorial Works

Photographs

Body Image

Personal Narratives

Canada

Abstract

Breast cancer survivors who chose to undergo mastectomy talk about issues of beauty, identity, and femininity in this collection of portraits and frank personal essays

ISBN

9781554552726

1554552729

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WP870 C296 2012

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Author

Armstrong, Mike

Vohr, Eric A.

Place of Publication

Baltimore, MD

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

x, 150 pages : map ; 22 cm

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Hope

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

"Author Armstrong was the former chairman of the board of trustees of Johns Hopkins Medicine, former chairman of several large corporations, and a survivor of two types of cancer. This work is a memoir that stresses the therapeutic value of hope. The author's personal story is supplemented with interview data that round out the perspectives on surviving cancer. The book ends with listed resources for further information." -- Provided by publisher

ISBN

9781421440187

1421440180

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 A735c 2021

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Corporate Author

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication

Winnipeg, MB

Publisher

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

1 videodisc (83 min.) + 1 USB flash drive (83 min.)

Series

LivingMyCulture.ca

Subjects

Attitude to Death

Terminally Ill

Palliative Care

Bereavement

Grief

Loss

Spirituality

Medicine, Traditional

Ceremonial Behavior

First Nations

Inuits

Metis

Personal Narratives

Abstract

First Nations, Inuit, and Metis share stories about living with serious illness and grief. The video series consists of 170 short video clips organized by theme. Highlights are captured in four longer videos.

1. Ceremony, tradition and spirituality (21:41)

2. Caring for the patient and family (16:50)

3. Walking along side for a good death (21:21)

4. Honouring our loss and grief (23:11)

Notes

Contents available in DVD format or USB flash drive.

Language

English

Material Type

DVD

Video

Pre-loaded Media

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

BF575 C212 2016

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Author

Bowler, Kate

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Random House

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

xvi, 224 p. ; 23 cm

Subjects

Courage

Attitude to Death

Terminally Ill - psychology

Colorectal Neoplasms - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

Kate Bowler believed that life was a series of unlimited choices, only to find that she was stuck in a cancerous body at age 35 ... With dry wit and unflinching honesty, she grapples with her cancer diagnosis, her ambition, and her faith and searches for some kind of peace with her limitations in a culture that says that anything is possible.In facing down cancer, Kate, -- a Christian Joan Didion -- (Glennon Doyle), searches for hope without cheap optimism, and truth with room for mystery. We are as fragile as the day we were born, and we will need each other if we're going to tell the truth: Life is beautiful and terrible, full of hope and despair and everything in between, but there's no cure for being human. -- Author's website

Notes

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

ISBN

9780593230770

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 B787 2021

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Author

Mallinson, Martin

Place of Publication

Kelowna, BC

Publisher

Martin Mallison

Publication Date

2013?

Physical Description

534 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Appendiceal Neoplasms - psychology

Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine

Carcinoid Tumor

Adaptation, Psychological

Blogging

Personal Narratives

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 M254 2013

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Author

Soo, Sylvia

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Rethink Breast Cancer

Publication Date

2014

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Body Image

Adaptation, Psychological

Young Adult

Diaries

Personal Narratives

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022 PFC

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

WP870 C215s 2014

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Alternate Title

Choosing to smile : inspirational life stories of three friends who happened to have cancer

Author

Houlker, Julie

Standeven, Glenda

Rickaby, Michelle

Place of Publication

Chilliwack, BC

Publisher

Choosing to Smile Publications

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xi, 415 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Bone Neoplasms - psychology

Hodgkin Disease - psychology

Survivors - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Personal Narratives

ISBN

9781986522703

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 H838 2009

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