Author

Mannix, Kathryn

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Little, Brown Spark

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

viii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subjects

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

Palliative Care

Attitude to Death

Terminal Care

Hospice Care

Abstract

"Dr. Kathryn Mannix has studied and practiced palliative care for thirty years. In With the End in Mind, she shares beautifully crafted stories from a lifetime of caring for the dying, and makes a compelling case for the therapeutic power of approaching death not with trepidation, but with openness, clarity, and understanding. Weaving the details of her own experiences as a caregiver through stories of her patients, their families, and their distinctive lives, Dr. Mannix reacquaints us with the universal, but deeply personal, process of dying." -- Back cover

Notes

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

ISBN

9780316504478

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 M284 2018

Copies

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

Copies

Author

Yalom, Irvin D.

Yalom, Marilyn

Place of Publication

Stanford, CA

Publisher

Redwood Press

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Subjects

Attitude to Death

Terminally Ill

Grief

Loss

Love

Spouses

Adaptation, Psychological

Aging

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Notes

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

ISBN

9781503613768

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BF789 D4 Y19 2021

Copies

Author

Eckl, Cheryl

Place of Publication

Littletown, CO

Publisher

Flying Crane Press

Publication Date

2011

Physical Description

295 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Death - psychology

Neoplasms - psychology

Family Relations

Terminally Ill

Attitude to Death

Bereavement

Autobiography

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

ISBN

9780982810705

0982810709

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BF789 D4 E19 2010

Copies

Author

Pausch, Randy

Zaslow, Jeffrey

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Hyperion

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

x, 206 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Pancreatic Neoplasms

Attitude to Death

Quality of Life

Family Relations

Terminally Ill

Philosophy

Interpersonal Relations

Teaching

Autobiography

Popular Work

Abstract

The last lecture

Really achieving your childhood dreams

Adventures ... and lessons learned

Enabling the dreams of others

It's about how to live your life

Final remarks

Acknowledgments

ISBN

9781401323257

1401323251

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF637 B4 P334 2008

Copies

Author

Brown, Janie

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Doubleday Canada

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

xxii, 282 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Philosophy

Terminally Ill

Attitude to Death

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780385694735

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 B877 2020

Website Notes

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

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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

Copies

Alternate Title

BCCA annual cancer conference

BC Cancer Agency Community Cancer Forum

Author

Payeur, Nancy

Corporate Author

BC Cancer Agency. Annual Cancer Conference (2008 November 20-22 : Vancouver, BC)

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

60 minutes

Series

BC Cancer Agency community cancer forum 2008 v.6

BC Cancer Agency annual cancer conference

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Family Relations

Adaptation, Psychological

Caregivers

Social Support

BC Cancer Agency

Popular Work

Abstract

Full conference information obtained from the Annual cancer conference program and abstracts. See ID# 17684 (QZ200 B366 2008)

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ200 B366a 2008 v.6

Copies

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

Copies

Author

Kuttner, Leora

Roth, Lori

Place of Publication

Montreal, QC

Publisher

National Film Board of Canada

Still Water Pictures

Publication Date

2003

Physical Description

39 minutes

Subjects

Palliative Care

Terminally Ill

Child

Attitude to Death

Parents

Pediatrics

Caregivers

Parent-Child Relations

Family

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BF789 D4 M235 2003

Copies

Author

Derris, Karen

Place of Publication

Somerville, MA

Publisher

Wisdom Publications

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

216 p. ; 23 cm

Subjects

Buddhism

Terminally Ill

Attitude to Death

Suffering

Uncertainty

Philosophy

Brain Neoplasms

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

Facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, Karen Derris--professor, mother, and Buddhist practitioner--turned to books. By reading ancient Buddhist stories with new questions and a new purpose, finding a way to live with her dying body, she discovers new ways to make them immediate and real. - Provided by publisher.

Notes

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

ISBN

9781614295754

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BF789 D4 D477 2021

Copies

Editor

McNees, Pat

Place of Publication

Garden City, NY

Publisher

GuildAmerica Books

Publication Date

1996

Subjects

Terminally Ill - psychology

Loss

Bereavement

Grief

Attitude to Death

Anecdotes

Poetry

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

1568651570

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 D996 1996

Copies

Author

Decker, Veronica Blaha

Weller-Ferris, Linda

Place of Publication

Pittsburgh, PA

Publisher

Oncology Nursing Society

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

v, 74 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Social Support

Mind-Body Therapies

Stress, Psychological

Popular Work

ISBN

9781890504793

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ200 D295 2009

Copies

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.

Copies

Editor

Berk, Lawrence

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

v, 185 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Death

Neoplasms - psychology

Attitude to Death

Terminal Care

Medical Oncology - methods

Thanatology

ISBN

9783319418599

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Library

Call Number

QZ200 D996 2017

Copies

Author

Kalanithi, Paul

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Random House

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

xix, 228 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Attitude to Death

Lung Neoplasms - psychology

Personal Narratives

Autobiography

Quality of Life

Family Relations

Terminally Ill

Neurosurgeons

Popular Work

ISBN

9780812988406

081298840X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 K14 2016

Copies

Continues / Continued By

Cancer in the family

Alternate Title

Cancer in our family

Cancer in the family

Helping children cope with a parent's illness

Author

Heiney, Sue P

Hermann, Joan F

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Atlanta, GA

Publisher

American Cancer Society

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

xxiv, 231 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Family Relations

Parent-Child Relations

Child

Adolescent

Communication

Adaptation, Psychological

Social Support

ISBN

9780944235959

0944235956

9781604432206

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

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

Internet

Call Number

QZ201 H468 2013

Website Notes

Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca to obtain a username and password from the Library.

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Author

Smith, Fran

Eriksen, Carina

Bor, Robert

Place of Publication

London, UK

Publisher

Sheldon Press

Publication Date

2015

Physical Description

114 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Disease - psychology

Neoplasms - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Anxiety - therapy

Depression - therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Resilience

Popular Work

ISBN

9781847093431

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WM172 S647 2015

Copies

Alternate Title

Love and death

Author

Church, Forrest

Place of Publication

Boston, MA

Publisher

Beacon Press Books

Publication Date

2008

Subjects

Attitude to Death

Christianity

Religious Philosophies

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

" Nearing his final days, a beloved Unitarian minister meditates on life, love, and death: 'The goal is to live in such a way that our lives will prove worth dying for.' Love & Death is imbued with ideas and exemplars for achieving that goal, and the stories he offers--all drawn from his own experiences and from the lives of his friends, family, and parishioners--are both engrossing and enlightening." - Provided by publisher

ISBN

9780807072974

0807072974

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BF789 D4 C561 2008

Copies

Alternate Title

Art of conversation through serious illness

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Caregivers - psychology

Terminally Ill - psychology

Terminal Care - psychology

Popular Work

Notes

Revised edition of Art of conversation through serious illness

ISBN

9780197500293

9780197500316

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

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.