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Caregiver's guide to communication problems from brain injury or disease

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124323
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press , 2022.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WL340 C271 2022
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
"An all-in-one guide for helping the caregivers of individuals with brain injury or degenerative disease understand speech, language, voice, memory, and swallowing impairment and distinguish these problem areas from healthy aging" -- Provided by publisher
More Information
Editor
O'Connor Wells, Barbara
Porcaro, Connie K.
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date
2022
Physical Description
xiii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series
Johns Hopkins Press health book
Subjects
Speech Disorders
Aphasia
Communication
Caregivers
Brain Injuries - rehabilitation
Brain Diseases - rehabilitation
Brain injuries - complications
Brain Diseases - complications
Popular Work
Handbook
Abstract
"An all-in-one guide for helping the caregivers of individuals with brain injury or degenerative disease understand speech, language, voice, memory, and swallowing impairment and distinguish these problem areas from healthy aging" -- Provided by publisher
ISBN
9781421442556
1421442558
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WL340 C271 2022

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Soft foods for easier eating cookbook : easy-to-follow recipes for people who have chewing and swallowing problems

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20827
Woodruff, Sandra L, Gilbert-Henderson, Leah. Garden City Park, NY: Square One Publishers , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 N9 W893 2010
Availability
7 copies, 7 available
More Information
Author
Woodruff, Sandra L
Gilbert-Henderson, Leah
Place of Publication
Garden City Park, NY
Publisher
Square One Publishers
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
viii, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Nutrition Therapy
Deglutition disorders - diet therapy
Cookbook
Cooking
Diet Therapy
Popular Work
ISBN
9780757002908
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
QZ266 N9 W893 2010

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Radiation as a cure for cancer : the history of radiation treatment in British Columbia

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog10257
Jackson, Stewart M. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency , 2002.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WN11 J14 2002
Availability
6 copies, 5 available
More Information
  2 read online  
Author
Jackson, Stewart M
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
BC Cancer Agency
Publication Date
2002
Physical Description
viii, 242 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Radiotherapy - history
Neoplasms - radiotherapy - history
British Columbia
ISBN
1896624081
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Library
Kelowna Library
Abbotsford Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Internet
Call Number
WN11 J14 2002
Website Notes
One PDF is book front and back cover. The other PDF is full text.
Page 90 is out of order and is at the end of the pdf.
Read Online
http://caro-acro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/The-History-of-Radiation-Therapy-in-BC.pdf
http://caro-acro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Radiation-as-a-Cure-for-Cancer.pdf

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Cancer confidential : backstage dramas in the radiation clinic

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124311
Hayter, Charles. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press , 2020.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 H426c 2022
Availability
3 copies, 2 available
More Information
Author
Hayter, Charles
Place of Publication
Toronto, ON
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Publication Date
2020
Physical Description
xix, 278 p. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Physician-Patient Relations
Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Neoplasms - psychology
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
ISBN
9781487528157
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ201 H426c 2022

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Fast facts : gynecologic oncology

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19464
Shahabi, Shohreh, Smith, J. Richard, Del Priore, Giuseppe. Oxford, UK: Health Press , 2010. 2nd ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WP145 S525 2010
Availability
5 copies, 5 available
More Information
Author
Shahabi, Shohreh
Smith, J. Richard
Del Priore, Giuseppe
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Oxford, UK
Publisher
Health Press
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
143 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series
Fast facts (UK)
Subjects
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Popular Work
ISBN
9781903734001
1903734002
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
Call Number
WP145 S525 2010

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Cancer as a wake-up call : an oncologist's integrative approach to what you can do to become whole again

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121498
Nasi, M. Laura. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 N254 2018
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
More Information
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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Jane Brody's guide to the great beyond : a practical primer to help you and your loved ones prepare medically, legally, and emotionally for the end of life

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog114751
Brody, Jane E. New York, NY: Random House , 2009.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
W85.5 B864 2009
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Alternate Title
Guide to the great beyond
Author
Brody, Jane E.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Random House
Publication Date
2009
Physical Description
xxiv, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Attitude to Death
Terminally Ill - psychology
Advance Directives
Advance Care Planning
Caregivers
Palliative Care
Hospice Care
Bereavement
Family Relations
Popular Work
ISBN
9781400066544
1400066549
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
W85.5 B864 2009

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Best news about radiation therapy : everything you need to know about your treatment

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog13454
Kornmehl, Carol L. New York, NY: M. Evans and Company, Inc. , 2004.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ269 K84 2004
Availability
5 copies, 4 available
More Information
  1 read online  
Author
Kornmehl, Carol L
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
M. Evans and Company, Inc.
Publication Date
2004
Physical Description
xviii, 185 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
ebrary books for public
Subjects
Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Popular Work
ISBN
159077051X (pbk.)
9781461733843
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Internet
Call Number
QZ269 K84 2004
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.
Read Online
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bccancer-ebooks/reader.action?docID=1124528

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Death of cancer : after fifty years on the front lines of medicine, a pioneering oncologist reveals why the war on cancer is winnable--and how we can get there

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113763
DeVita, Vincent T. Jr., DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2015.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ11.1 D496 2015
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
More Information
Author
DeVita, Vincent T. Jr.
DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
324 p., [16] p. of plates ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - history
Neoplasms - drug therapy
Medical Oncology - history
Biomedical Research
Antineoplastic Agents - history
History of Medicine
United States
Autobiography
Notes
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Outrageous fortune
The chemotherapists
MOMP
MOPP
The war on cancer
Boots on the ground
Cleaning house at the National Cancer Institute
Frances Kelsey syndrome
Where rubber meets the road
The death of cancer
Outrageous fortune part II.
ISBN
9780374135607
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
QZ11.1 D496 2015

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Emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19568
Mukherjee, Siddhartha. New York, NY: Scribner , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010
Availability
5 copies, 4 available
More Information
Author
Mukherjee, Siddhartha
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Scribner
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Leukemia - history
Neoplasms - history
Medical Oncology
Leukemia - drug therapy
Antineoplastic Agents - history
History of Medicine
History, 20th Century
United States
ISBN
9781439107959
1439107955
9781439170915 (pbk.)
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010

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Exercises for cancer wellness

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113708
Smith, William, Brielyn, Jo. [Hobart, NY]: Hatherleigh , 2015.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 S664 2015
Availability
7 copies, 7 available
More Information
Author
Smith, William
Brielyn, Jo
Place of Publication
[Hobart, NY]
Publisher
Hatherleigh
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
v, 101 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Exercises for series
Subjects
Neoplasms - rehabilitation
Exercise Therapy
Physical Fitness
Exercise Movement Techniques
Survivors
Popular Work
Notes
"Boost energy and vitality while fighting fatigue" -- from front cover.
Surrey CIC keep 2022
ISBN
9781578265718
1578265711
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
Surrey Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ266 S664 2015

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Fight breast cancer with exercise

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21808
Vallance, Jeff, Courneya, Kerry. Edmonton, AB: Company's Coming Publishing Limited , 2014.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WP870 V177f 2014
Availability
13 copies, 13 available
More Information
Author
Vallance, Jeff
Courneya, Kerry
Place of Publication
Edmonton, AB
Publisher
Company's Coming Publishing Limited
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
93 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series
Health and life
Subjects
Breast Neoplasms - rehabilitation
Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control
Exercise Therapy
Physical Fitness
Popular Work
ISBN
9781927126929
1927126924
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
WP870 V177f 2014

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Breast cancer survivor's fitness plan : reclaim health, regain strength, live longer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20084
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill , 2007.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WP870 B829k 2007
Availability
5 copies, 4 available
More Information
Editor
Kaelin, Carolyn M
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Publication Date
2007
Physical Description
xv, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Breast Neoplasms - rehabilitation
Breast Neoplasms - therapy
Lymphedema
Exercise Therapy
Physical Fitness
Survivors
Popular Work
ISBN
9780071465786
0071465782
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Prince George Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WP870 B829k 2007

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Pretty sick : the beauty guide for women with cancer :

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121876
Kiernan, Caitlin M. New York, NY: Grand Central Life & Style , 2017.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ200 K47 2017
Availability
3 copies, 2 available
More Information
Author
Kiernan, Caitlin M.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Grand Central Life & Style
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
272 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Beauty
Physical Appearance, Body
Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects
Neoplasms - therapy
Scarves
Hair
Alopecia
Skin Care
Popular Work
Notes
How to look your best when you feel your worst - Cover
ISBN
9781455540877
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ200 K47 2017
Website Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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