Author

Marmoreo, Jean

Schneller, Johanna

Place of Publication

Toronto, ON

Publisher

Viking Press

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Terminally Ill

Dying, Assisted

Patient-directed death

Euthanasia

Physician-Patient Relations

Canada

Popular Work

Abstract

"An urgently important exploration of the human stories behind Canada's evolving acceptance of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), from one of its first and most thoughtful practitioners. The Last Doctor recounts Marmoreo's crash course in MAiD and introduces a range of very different and memorable patients, some aged, some suffering from degenerative conditions or with a terminal disease, some surrounded by supportive love, some quite alone, who ask her help to end their suffering with dignity and on their own terms. Dr. Marmoreo also shares her own emotional transformation as she climbs a steep learning curve and learns the intimate truths of the vast range of end-of-life situations" -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN

9780735241077

9780735241084

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WB65 M352 2022

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

Oreskes, Naomi

Place of Publication

Princeton, NJ

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication Date

2019

Physical Description

xx, 360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Series

University Center for Human Values

Subjects

Science - history

Knowledge

Philosophy

Popular Work

Abstract

"Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when our own politicians don't? In this landmark book, Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength -- and the greatest reason we can trust it. Tracing the history and philosophy of science from the late nineteenth century to today, Oreskes explains that, contrary to popular belief, there is no single scientific method. Rather, the trustworthiness of scientific claims derives from the social process by which they are rigorously vetted." -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN

9780691212265

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

Q124.7 O66w 2019

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Author

Schattner, Elaine

Place of Publication

New York

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Publication Date

2023

Physical Description

xiv, 360 p. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Neoplasms - history

Attitude to Health

Popular Work

ISBN

9780231192262

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Status

Processing

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 S312 2023

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Author

Weeder, Richard S.

Gibson, Kevin

Traub, Michael

Corporate Author

Aloha Cancer Education Institute

Place of Publication

Honolulu, HI

Publisher

Hoaloha Books

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

xiii, 115 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms

Complementary Therapies

Mind Body Relations (Metaphysical)

Popular Work

ISBN

0977751309

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 W394 2006

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Alternate Title

We can cope : helping parents help children when a parent has cancer

Corporate Author

Innovative Training Systems

Place of Publication

Newton, MA

Publisher

Innovative Training Systems

Publication Date

2000

Physical Description

colour ; 87 minutes

Subjects

Parent-Child Relations

Neoplasms - psychology

Popular Work

Abstract

Consists of three age-appropriate videos, one for parents, one for teens, and one for young children. The tapes present the experiences of seven families and their children.

v.1: Parent video (41 minutes)

v.2: Teen video (30 minutes)

v.3: Child video (16 minutes)

Guidebook titled "We can cope : helping parents help children when a parent has cancer"

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 W361 2000

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Corporate Author

Young Adult Cancer Canada

Place of Publication

St. John's, NL

Publisher

Young Adult Cancer Canada

Publication Date

2010?

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Young Adult

Adolescent

Family Relations

Parent-Child Relations

Survivors

Social Support

Adaptation, Psychological

Popular Work

Abstract

Delayed diagnosis

Disintrajectorization

Isolation

Fertility

Independence

Relationships

Survivorship

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 Y68w 2010

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Author

Levine, Peter A

Place of Publication

Boulder, CO

Publisher

Sounds True

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

viii, 94 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. + 1 CD

Subjects

Wounds and Injuries - psychology

Mind-Body Therapies

Stress Disorders, Traumatic

Psychophysiology

Popular Work

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022 (F0002556)

Surrey CIC keep 2022 PFC (F0002554)

ISBN

9781591796589

159179658X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

CD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WM172 L665h 2008

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Alternate Title

Chemo brain

Author

Clegg, Ellen

Place of Publication

Amherst, NY

Publisher

Prometheus Books

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

243 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - drug therapy

Neoplasms - complications

Neoplasms - psychology

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects

Cognition Disorders

Mental Health

Memory Disorders

Survivors

Popular Work

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022 (F0000129)

ISBN

9781591026693

1591026695

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ267 C624 2009

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Alternate Title

Healing power of sound

Author

Gaynor, Mitchell L

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Broadway Books

Publication Date

1999

Subjects

Music Therapy

Relaxation

Meditation

Holistic Health

Popular Work

ISBN

0767902653

9780767902656

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ266 G288s 1999

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Author

Walker, Matthew

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Scribner

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

viii, 360 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Sleep disorders

Insomnia

Popular Work

ISBN

9781501144325

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WM188 W177 2017

Website Notes

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

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Author

Kelly, Lois E

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

World Audience, Inc.

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

124 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Caregivers - psychology

Palliative Care

Terminal Care

Anecdotes

Popular Work

ISBN

9781935444695

1935444697

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 K29 2010

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Author

Viszmeg, Joseph

Krepakevich, Jerry

Corporate Author

National Film Board of Canada

Place of Publication

Montreal, QC

Publisher

National Film Board of Canada

Publication Date

1998

Physical Description

45 minutes

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ200 V832m 1998

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Corporate Author

Leukemia Research and Bone Marrow Transplant Program of British Columbia

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

Terry Fox Laboratory and U. TV

Publication Date

1991

Physical Description

23 minutes

Subjects

Leukemia

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Terry Fox Laboratory

Bone Marrow Transplant Program of British Columbia

BCCA

Vancouver General Hospital

Tissue Donors

Biomedical Research

Tissue and Organ Harvesting

Popular Work

Abstract

Patient survivor "Marcel DeRoy" shown speaking with Maureen Berard.

Dr. Gordon Phillips; Dr. Allen Eaves; Dr. John Shepherd; Dr. Donna Reece; Joan Russell and Lori Earl.

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WH250 S581 1991

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Author

Chödrön, Pema

Place of Publication

Boulder, CO

Publisher

Shambala Publications, Inc.

Publication Date

2022

Physical Description

xii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subjects

Buddhism

Mindfulness

Attitude to Death

Adaptation, Psychological

Popular Work

Abstract

"How We Live is How We'll Die shares Pema Chodron's wise words on working with this flow of life-learning to live with more ease, joy, and compassion through uncertainty; embracing new beginnings; and ultimately preparing for death with more wonder and less fear. Beloved teacher Pema Chodron writes this book in her 85th year, and her insights on making friends with change are poignant for readers of all ages. This book shares Pema's thoughts on the bardos--the Tibetan teachings on what happens between this life and the next--and how they are relevant in each moment of our life now. She also shares wisdom on working with challenging emotions of craving, aggression, and ignorance, transforming them into a path of awakening and love. The more freedom we can find in our hearts and minds as we live, the more fearlessly we'll be able to confront death and life's countless changes."-- Provided by publisher

Notes

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

ISBN

9781611809244

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WM61 C545h 2022

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Alternate Title

Cancer as a wakeup call

Author

Nasi, M. Laura

Place of Publication

Berkeley, CA

Publisher

North Atlantic Books

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

xxi, 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Complementary Therapies

Integrative Medicine

Integrative Oncology

Popular Work

ISBN

9781623172961

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ266 N254 2018

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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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Alternate Title

Chemobrain

Chemo brain

Author

Silverman, Daniel

Davidson, Idelle

Place of Publication

Cambridge, MA

Publisher

Da Capo Life Long

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xvii, 284 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - drug therapy

Neoplasms - complications

Neoplasms - psychology

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects

Cognition Disorders

Mental Health

Memory Disorders

Survivors

Popular Work

Abstract

Includes discussion of "chemo brain and chemo fog"

ISBN

9780738212593

0738212598

9780738213910

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

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ267 S587y 2009

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Author

Starita, Joe

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

xiv, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subjects

Indigenous Peoples - history

First Nations

Picotte, Susan LaFlesche, 1865-1915

Physicians, Women

United States

Biography

Popular Work

Abstract

"On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte received her medical degree, becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history--thirty-one years before women could vote and thirty-five years before Indians could become citizens in their own country. By age twenty-six, this fragile but indomitable Native woman acquired 1,244 patients scattered across 1,350 square miles of rolling countryside with few roads. They were often desperately poor and sick with tuberculosis, small pox, measles, and influenza. She was their last hope and effectively became the chief of her entrenched patriarchal tribe, crashing through walls of ethnic, racial, and gender prejudice. A Warrior of the People is the moving biography of Susan La Flesche Picotte's inspirational life and dedication to public health, and it will finally shine a light on her numerous accomplishments that improved the lot of her people."--Back Cover

ISBN

9781250181312

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WZ100 S73w 2018

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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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Author

Kinch, Michael

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Pegasus Books Ltd.,

Publication Date

2019

Physical Description

xxv, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - history

Neoplasms - therapy

Immunotherapy

Popular Work

ISBN

9781643130255

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ266 K51e 2019

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