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Experience of nurses caring for young-middle aged patients dying of cancer : a descriptive study

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog3328
Canning, Shelley Elisabeth. [Vancouver, BC?]: Shelley Elisabeth Canning , 1995.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WY161 C225 1995
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Canning, Shelley Elisabeth
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
Shelley Elisabeth Canning
Publication Date
1995
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology - in adulthood - nursing
Oncology Nursing
Nurses
Attitude to Death
Terminal Care
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Thesis
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WY161 C225 1995

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Life and death decisions : psychological and ethical considerations in end-of-life care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog10795
Kleespies, Phillip M. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association , 2004.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB310 K63 2004
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Kleespies, Phillip M
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Publication Date
2004
Subjects
Terminal Care - ethics
Terminal Care - psychology
Terminal Care - legislation & jurisprudence
Right to Die
Euthanasia
Suicide, Assisted
Advance Care Planning
Attitude to Death
ISBN
1591470676
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WB310 K63 2004

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Gentle death

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog2469
Seguin, Marilynne. [Toronto, ON]: Key Porter Books , 1994.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
W50 S456 1994
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Seguin, Marilynne
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Key Porter Books
Publication Date
1994
Subjects
Euthanasia
Death
Physician-Patient Relations
Terminal Care
Ethics, Medical
ISBN
1550135538
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
W50 S456 1994

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Dying in America : improving and honoring individual preferences near the end of life

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21696
Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End of Life Issues, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2014.
Audience
Professional
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Corporate Author
Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End of Life Issues
Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication Date
2014
Subjects
Terminal Care
Advance Care Planning
Attitude to Death
Quality of Life
Quality of Health Care
Patient-Centered Care
Professional-Patient Relations
ISBN
9780309311748
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=18748
http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2014/Dying-In-America-Improving-Quality-and-Honoring-Individual-Preferences-Near-the-End-of-Life.aspx
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Death with dignity

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20629
Central Okanagan Hospice House, Central Okanagan Hospice Association, Interior Health. Kelowna, BC: Central Okanagan Hospice Association , 2012.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB310 C397 2012
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Corporate Author
Central Okanagan Hospice House
Central Okanagan Hospice Association
Interior Health
Place of Publication
Kelowna, BC
Publisher
Central Okanagan Hospice Association
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
18 minutes
Subjects
Hospice Care
Palliative Care
Terminal Care
Attitude to Death
Family
British Columbia
Popular Work
Language
English
Material Type
Video
DVD
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WB310 C397 2012
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqhe29hqdIc

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Quality of death : ranking end-of-life care across the world : a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19228
Economist Intelligence Unit, LIEN Foundation. London, UK: Economist Intelligence Unit , 2010.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB310 Q1 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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  3 read online  
Corporate Author
Economist Intelligence Unit
LIEN Foundation
Place of Publication
London, UK
Publisher
Economist Intelligence Unit
Publication Date
2010
Subjects
Terminal Care - statistics & numerical data
Terminal Care - economics
Attitude to Death
Advance Care Planning
Quality indicators, Health care
Terminal Care - standards
Evaluation Studies
Health Status Indicators
World Health
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
WB310 Q1 2010
Website Notes
2nd URL leads to this report and more information on the Quality of Death Index.
Read Online
http://graphics.eiu.com/upload/QOD_main_final_edition_Jul12_toprint.pdf
http://www.eiu.com/sponsor/lienfoundation/qualityofdeath
http://www.lifebeforedeath.com/qualityofdeath/highlights.shtml

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Caring for patients at the end of life : facing an uncertain future together

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog10170
Quill, Timothy E. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2001.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB310 Q6 2001
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Quill, Timothy E
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2001
Subjects
Terminal Care
Palliative Care
Attitude to Death
ISBN
0195139402
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WB310 Q6 2001

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Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21732
Gawande, Atul. [Toronto, ON]: Doubleday Canada , 2014.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB310 G284 2014
Availability
5 copies, 4 available
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Author
Gawande, Atul
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
282 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Palliative Care
Terminal Care
Aging - physiology
Aged
Activities of Daily Living
Ethics, Medical
Quality of Life
Attitude to Death
Prognosis
ISBN
9780385677004
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Surrey Library
Victoria Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WB310 G284 2014

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Palliative approach : a resource for healthcare workers

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122411
Cumbria: M & K Pub , 2012.
Audience
Professional
Contents:
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Alternate Title
The palliative approach : a resource for healthcare workers
Place of Publication
Cumbria
Publisher
M & K Pub
Publication Date
2012
Series
EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection
Subjects
Palliative Care
Terminal Care
Attitude to Death
Quality of Life
Abstract
Contents:
ISBN
9781905539673
9781907830679
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
This EBSCO title is licensed for one BC Cancer staff user at a time only. Authentication via HealthBC sign in required. Use your BC Cancer staff username and ID when prompted.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e680sww&AN=507383
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Medical care of the dying

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog14924
Victoria Hospice Society. [Victoria, BC?]: Victoria Hospice Society , 2006. 4th ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB310 M389 2006
Availability
5 copies, 5 available
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Corporate Author
Victoria Hospice Society
Editor
Downing, G. Michael
Wainwright, Wendy
Edition
4th ed.
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC?]
Publisher
Victoria Hospice Society
Publication Date
2006
Physical Description
696 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Subjects
Terminal Care
Hospices
Palliative Care
Pain
ISBN
0969504179
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Library
Kelowna Library
Surrey Library
Victoria Library
Call Number
WB310 M389 2006

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Psycho-oncology in palliative and end of life care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124548
New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2023.
Audience
Professional
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Alternate Title
Psycho-oncology care
Editor
Kissane, David W.
Watson, Maggie
Breitbart, William
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2023
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Psycho oncology care
Subjects
Neoplasms? psychology
Palliative Care
Terminal Care
Professional-Patient Relations
ISBN
9780197615935
9780197615942
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Psychopharmacology in oncology and palliative care: a practical manual

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113826
World Psychiatric Association, International Psycho-Oncology Society. Heidelberg: Springer , [2014].
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QV77.2 P974 2014
More Information
Corporate Author
World Psychiatric Association
International Psycho-Oncology Society
Editor
Grassi, Luigi
Riba, Michelle
Place of Publication
Heidelberg
Publisher
Springer
Publication Date
[2014]
Physical Description
xvii, 418 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Psychotropic drugs - therapeutic use
Psychopharmacology
Mental disorders - drug therapy
Neoplasms - complications
Medical Oncology
Palliative Care
ISBN
9783642401336
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QV77.2 P974 2014
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Decision making in oncology : evidence based management

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog962
New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone , 1997.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ200 D294d 1997
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Editor
Djulbegovic, Benjamin
Sullivan, Daniel M
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Churchill Livingstone
Publication Date
1997
Subjects
Decision Making
Neoplasms
Medical Oncology
Evidence-Based Medicine
ISBN
0443089892
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Call Number
QZ200 D294d 1997

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Patient's wish to die : research, ethics, and palliative care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120469
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press , 2015.
Audience
Professional
Table of Contents :; PART I: Introduction -- Why it is important to know about patients? wishes to die -- PART II: Research --Illness narratives, meaning making, and epistemic injustice in research at the end of life -- Expressed desire for hastened death in seven patients living with advanced canc…
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Editor
Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph
Gudat, Heike
Ohnsorge, Kathrin
Place of Publication
Oxford, UK
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2015
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Right to Die - ethics
Suicide, Assisted - ethics
Euthanasia
Patient Participation
Attitude to Death
Palliative Care - psychology
Advance Care Planning
Terminal Care
Decision Making
Ethics, Clinical
Abstract
Table of Contents :
PART I: Introduction -- Why it is important to know about patients? wishes to die -- PART II: Research --Illness narratives, meaning making, and epistemic injustice in research at the end of life -- Expressed desire for hastened death in seven patients living with advanced cancer: a phenomenologic inquiry -- Expressed desire for hastened death: a phenomenologic inquiry? 10 years later -- Euthanasia (requests) after the implementation of the euthanasia law in Belgium in 2002. Results of empirical studies in Flanders, Belgium -- The journey to understanding the wish to hasten death -- The desire for hastened death in patients in palliative care -- Intentions, motivations, and social interactions regarding a wish to die -- Acting on a wish to die at the end of life: the Swiss situation -- Understanding older people?s wish to die -- Dialogue intermezzo: I -- PART III: Ethics -- Caring and killing in the clinic: the argument of self-determination -- Towards responsive knowing in matters of life and death -- Dealing with dilemmas around patients? wishes to die: moral case deliberation in a Dutch hospice -- End-of-life ethics from the perspectives of patients? wishes -- Dialogue intermezzo: II -- PART IV: Practice -- Issues of palliative medicine in end-of-life care -- Spirituality at the bedside: negotiating the meaning of dying -- Communication of wishes to die -- From understanding to patient-centred management: clinical pictures of a wish to die -- What does the wish to hasten death mean for the palliative patient? Clinical implications -- PART V: Conclusion -- Concluding dialogue.
ISBN
9780191023330
9780198713982
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Choices and conflict : explorations in health care ethics

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog7463
Chicago, Ill.: American Hospital Publishing, Inc. , 1992.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
W50 C545 1992
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Editor
Friedman, Emily
Place of Publication
Chicago, Ill.
Publisher
American Hospital Publishing, Inc.
Publication Date
1992
Subjects
Ethics, Medical
Terminal Care
ISBN
1556480822
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
W50 C545 1992

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Radiation oncology for cure and palliation

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog13312
Parker, Robert G, Janjan, N. A, Selch, M. T. Berlin ; New York: Springer , c2003.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ269 P242 2003
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Parker, Robert G
Janjan, N. A
Selch, M. T
Place of Publication
Berlin ; New York
Publisher
Springer
Publication Date
c2003
Physical Description
280 p. ; 27 cm
Series
Medical radiology
Subjects
Radiation Oncology
Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Palliative Care
ISBN
3540414010 (alk. paper)
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ269 P242 2003

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Cancer symptom management

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog114371
[Boston, MA]: Jones and Bartlett Publishers , 2014. 4th ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WY156 C216y 2014
Availability
6 copies, 6 available
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Editor
Yarbro, Connie Henke
Wujcik, Debra
Gobel, Barbara
Edition
4th ed.
Place of Publication
[Boston, MA]
Publisher
Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
xxiii, 747 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Oncology Nursing
Neoplasms - nursing
Neoplasms - complications
Oncology Nursing - methods
Patient Care Management - methods
Palliative Care
Notes
CN Library copy is housed at UHNBC Library.
ISBN
9781284027402
284027406
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Library
CN Library
Kelowna Library
Surrey Library
Victoria Library
Internet
Call Number
WY156 C216y 2014
Website Notes
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Consider the conversation : a documentary on a taboo subject

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20182
Bernhagen, Michael, Kaldhusdal, Terry. Shorewood, WI: Burning Hay Wagon Production , 2011.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB310 C755 2011
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Wishes; History; What's next?; Hope; Magic; Conflict; 100 things; Conversation; Why?; Credits
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Author
Bernhagen, Michael
Kaldhusdal, Terry
Place of Publication
Shorewood, WI
Publisher
Burning Hay Wagon Production
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
60 minutes + 1 guide
Subjects
Terminally Ill
Attitude to Death
Terminal Care
Hospice Care
Advance Care Planning
Right to Die
Social Support
Communication
Decision Making
Professional-Patient Relations
Interpersonal Relations
Documentaries and Factual Films
Abstract
Wishes
History
What's next?
Hope
Magic
Conflict
100 things
Conversation
Why?
Credits
Language
English
Material Type
Video
DVD
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library AV Room
Call Number
WB310 C755 2011
Website Notes
URL links to the discussion guide.
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http://www.considertheconversation.org/
http://www.considertheconversation.org/sites/default/files/CTC%20Discussion%20Guide.pdf

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A time to live : a time to die : report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the BC Cancer Agency

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog3538
Nixon, Linda. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Ad Hoc Committee , 1993.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ201 B865 1993
More Information
Author
Nixon, Linda
Corporate Author
BC cancer Agency. Ad Hoc Committee
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
BC Cancer Agency. Ad Hoc Committee
Publication Date
1993
Subjects
Palliative Treatment
Neoplasms - psychology
Terminal Care
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ201 B865 1993
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Handbook of psychiatry in palliative medicine

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18876
New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2009. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB310 H235 2009
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
More Information
Editor
Chochinov, Harvey Max
Breitbart, William
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2009
Physical Description
xxiv, 565 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Palliative Care
Terminally Ill - psychology
Neoplasms - psychology
Psychotherapy - methods
Family - psychology
Bioethical Issues
ISBN
9780195301076
0195301072
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Kelowna Library
Abbotsford Library
Victoria Library
Call Number
WB310 H235 2009

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