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What we wish were true : reflecting on nurturing life and facing death

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Quinn, Tallu Schuyler. New York, NY: Convergent , 2022. 1st ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 Q7w 2022

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Quinn, Tallu Schuyler

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Convergent

Publication Date: 2022

Physical Description: xiii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Brain Neoplasms; Life Change Events; Spirituality; Clergy; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Notes: "Many of the essays in this work originally appeared in slightly different form on Tallu Schuyler Quinn's blog in 2020 and 2021"-- WorldCat

ISBN: 9780593442906

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 Q7w 2022

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Chasing daylight : how my forthcoming death transformed my life : a final account

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O'Kelly, Eugene, Postman, Andrew. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill , 2008.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 O41 2008

Availability: 1 copy, 0 available

Chasing daylight is the inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, written in the three-and -a-half months between his terminal diagnosis with a brain cancer and his death in September 2005. Interweaving details of his illness with reflections on life, death and success, this passiona…

Author: O'Kelly, Eugene; Postman, Andrew

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: 201 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Death - psychology; Terminally Ill - psychology; Brain Neoplasms; Emotional Adjustment; Life Change Events; Quality of Life; Attitude to Death; Personal Narratives; Biography; Popular Work

Abstract: Chasing daylight is the inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, written in the three-and -a-half months between his terminal diagnosis with a brain cancer and his death in September 2005. Interweaving details of his illness with reflections on life, death and success, this passionate, deeply insightful book provides an unforgettable account of O'Kelly's final journey, and is a compelling reminder of the importance of living a balanced and meaningful life.

ISBN: 9780071499934; 0071499938

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 D4 O41 2008

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Beginner's guide to the end : practical advice for living life and facing death

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Miller, Bruce J., Berger, Shoshana. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 M647b 2020

Availability: 3 copies, 2 available

Author: Miller, Bruce J.; Berger, Shoshana

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: xxi, 520 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subjects: Advance Care Planning; Life Change Events; Decision Making; Attitude to Death; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781501157219

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 M647b 2020

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Year to live : how to live this year as if it were your last

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Levine, Stephen. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press , 1997.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 L665y 1997

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Levine, Stephen

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Three Rivers Press

Publication Date: 1997

Physical Description: viii, 175 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Terminally Ill - psychology; Mindfulness; Spirituality; Life Change Events; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780609801949

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 L665y 1997

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Parent's guide to raising grieving children : rebuilding your family after the death of a loved one

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Silverman, Phyllis R, Kelly, Madelyn. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 G7 S587 2009

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Silverman, Phyllis R; Kelly, Madelyn

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xi, 256 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Grief; Bereavement; Parent-Child Relations; Death; Child; Adolescent; Family - psychology; Parenting; Life Change Events; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780195328844; 0195328841

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 G7 S587 2009

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This is not the end of me : lessons on living from a dying man

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Bascaramurty, Dakshana. [Toronto, ON]: McClelland & Stewart , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 B298 2020

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

"The moving, inspiring story of a young husband and father who, when diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age of thirty-three, sets out to build a legacy for his infant son...Powerful and unvarnished, drawing on her conversations with Layton, and his own writing, This Is Not the End of Me contains…

Author: Bascaramurty, Dakshana

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: 285 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Melanoma; Life Change Events; Death and dying; Popular Work; Personal Narratives

Abstract: "The moving, inspiring story of a young husband and father who, when diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age of thirty-three, sets out to build a legacy for his infant son...Powerful and unvarnished, drawing on her conversations with Layton, and his own writing, This Is Not the End of Me contains moments of great beauty and humour, and addresses the consequences of fearing death and what we can gain by accepting its inevitability, as well as reminding us of what it means to live."-- Provided by publisher

ISBN: 9780771009631

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 B298 2020

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Bright hour : a memoir of living and dying

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Riggs, Nina. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster , 2017.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 R569 2017

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

The Bright Hour is the memoir of Nina Rigg, following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. "With the lyricism of poetry and a voice that never trades on simple grief, 'The Bright Hour' celebrates living -- living well, living fully -- and the transcendent combination of light and darkness that ma…

Author: Riggs, Nina

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: 310 p. ; 22 cm

Subjects: Terminally Ill - psychology; Attitude to Death; Life; Life Change Events; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: The Bright Hour is the memoir of Nina Rigg, following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. "With the lyricism of poetry and a voice that never trades on simple grief, 'The Bright Hour' celebrates living -- living well, living fully -- and the transcendent combination of light and darkness that makes us human." - Cover

ISBN: 9781501169359; 1501169351

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: BF789 D4 R569 2017

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

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Dying in public : living with metastatic breast cancer

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Hendler, Sue. Kingston, ON: Michael Grass House , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 H497 2012

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

This book is comprised of a series columns by Sue Hendler which appeared bi-weekly in her hometown newspaper, The Kingston Whig-Standard, between 2008 - 2009.

Author: Hendler, Sue

Editor: Overall, Christine

Place of Publication: Kingston, ON

Publisher: Michael Grass House

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: 157 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Life Change Events; Attitude to Death; Adaptation, Psychological; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: This book is comprised of a series columns by Sue Hendler which appeared bi-weekly in her hometown newspaper, The Kingston Whig-Standard, between 2008 - 2009.

ISBN: 9780987972576; 098797257X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 H497 2012

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Parenting with wit and wisdom in times of chaos and loss

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Coloroso, Barbara. [Toronto, ON]: Viking , 1999.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 G7 C722 1999

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Coloroso, Barbara

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Viking

Publication Date: 1999

Physical Description: 271 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Grief; Bereavement; Parent-Child Relations; Death; Child; Adolescent; Family - psychology; Parenting; Life Change Events; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780670886227; 067088622X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 G7 C722 1999

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Year of magical thinking

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Didion, Joan. New York, NY: A.A. Knopf , 2005. 1st ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 D556 2005

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Didion, Joan

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: A.A. Knopf

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: 227 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Loss - psychology; Grief - psychology; Grief; Attitude to Death; Family Health; Family Relations; Life Change Events; Widowhood - psychology; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 140004314X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 D556 2005

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Everything happens for a reason : and other lies I've loved

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Bowler, Kate. New York, NY: Random House , 2018.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 B787 2018

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Bowler, Kate

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Random House

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: xviii, 178 p. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Bereavement; Loss; Love; Uncertainty; Adaptation, Psychological; Colorectal Neoplasms - psychology; Family Relations; Christianity; Life Change Events; Personal Narratives; Autobiography; Popular Work

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ISBN: 9780399592065; 9780399592089

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 B787 2018

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Living with advanced cancer

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Canadian Cancer Society. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Cancer Society , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ266 C216 2010

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Corporate Author: Canadian Cancer Society

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Canadian Cancer Society

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: 96 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - complications; Palliative Care; Attitude to Death; Social Support; Caregivers; Family Relations; Pain; Advance Care Planning; Adaptation, Psychological; Life Change Events; Terminal Care; Neoplasm Metastasis; Popular Work

Language: English

Material Type: Booklet; Handout

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ266 C216 2010

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Death is but a dream : finding hope and meaning at life's end

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Kerr, Christopher, Mardorossian, Carine. New York, NY: Avery , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 K477 2020

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

The first book to explore the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears. -- Provided by publisher.

Author: Kerr, Christopher; Mardorossian, Carine

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Avery

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: 248 p. ; 22 cm

Subjects: Dreams - psychology; Terminally Ill - psychology; Attitude to Death; Popular Work

Abstract: The first book to explore the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears. -- Provided by publisher.

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

ISBN: 9780525542841

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 D4 K477 2020

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Finding peace at the end of life : a death doula's guide for families and caregivers

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Fersko-Weiss, Henry, Tisdale, Sallie. Newburyport, MA: Red Wheel , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 F399f 2020

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Fersko-Weiss, Henry; Tisdale, Sallie

Place of Publication: Newburyport, MA

Publisher: Red Wheel

Publication Date: 2020

Subjects: Terminally Ill; Doulas; Hospice Care - psychology; Terminal Care; Attitude to Death; Advance Care Planning; Caregivers; Popular Work

Notes: Previously published as Caring for the dying in 2017 by Conari Press"--Title page verso.

ISBN: 9781590035023

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 F399f 2020

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How to help children through a parent's serious illness : supportive, practical advice from a leading child life specialist

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McCue, Kathleen, Bonn, Ron. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press , 2011. rev. and updated ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 M133 2011

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: McCue, Kathleen; Bonn, Ron

Edition: rev. and updated ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: xxii, 345 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

Subjects: Parent-Child Relations; Attitude to Death; Family Relations; Child of Impaired Parents; Family Therapy; Child; Adolescent; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780312697686

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 M133 2011

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Through the dark forest : transforming your life in the face of death

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Conger, Carolyn. New York, NY: Penguin Group , 2014.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 C657 2014

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Conger, Carolyn

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Penguin Group

Publication Date: 2014

Physical Description: xxv, 258 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Terminally Ill - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Attitude to Death; Quality of Life; Spirituality; Thanatology; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780452298705

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 C657 2014

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Finding meaning : the sixth stage of grief

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Kessler, David. New York, NY: Scribner , 2019.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 G7 K42f 2019

Availability: 2 copies, 1 available

"In this groundbreaking new work, David Kessler-an expert on grief and the coauthor with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross of the iconic On Grief and Grieving-journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning"-- Provided by publisher

Author: Kessler, David

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Scribner

Publication Date: 2019

Physical Description: ix, 259 pages ; 22 cm

Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Attitude to Death; Grief; Bereavement; Popular Work

Abstract: "In this groundbreaking new work, David Kessler-an expert on grief and the coauthor with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross of the iconic On Grief and Grieving-journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning"-- Provided by publisher

ISBN: 9781501192746

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 G7 K42f 2019

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Finding the words : how to talk with children and teens about death, suicide, funerals, homicide, cremation and other end-of-life matters

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Wolfelt, Alan D. Fort Collins, CO: Companion Press , 2013.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 G7 W855 2013

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Contents:; Children's grief-why it's unique -- Companioning children through grief -- When a parent dies -- When a sibling dies -- When a grandparent dies -- When a pet dies -- When a friend or classmate dies -- When someone dies by suicide -- When someone dies by homicide or manslaughter -- When s…

Author: Wolfelt, Alan D.

Place of Publication: Fort Collins, CO

Publisher: Companion Press

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: 138 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Grief; Child; Adolescent; Attitude to Death; Bereavement; Communication

Abstract: Contents:; Children's grief-why it's unique -- Companioning children through grief -- When a parent dies -- When a sibling dies -- When a grandparent dies -- When a pet dies -- When a friend or classmate dies -- When someone dies by suicide -- When someone dies by homicide or manslaughter -- When someone close has a terminal or life-threatening illness -- When the child is dying -- Attending a funeral or ceremony.

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 9781617221897; 1617221899

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 G7 W855 2013

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

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