The BC Cancer Library
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Table of Contents :; Introduction to advance care planning -- Overview and introduction to advance care planning -- What are the benefits of advance care planning and how do we know? -- An introduction to advance care planning: practice at the frontline -- Person-centred care: how does advance care…
Table of Contents:; 1 A New Way of Diagnosing -- 2 Do I Really Need This Test? -- 3 When Clinicians Disagree -- 4 The Expanded Role of Pharmacists -- 5 Better Treatment for Chronic Problems and Common Conditions -- 6 Getting Patients Engaged -- 7 The Pros and Cons of "Doctor Google" -- 8 Nurses and…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
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…
Table of Contents:; 'Twas the night before clinical -- Gathering clinical data : the framework for concept care mapping -- Concept care mapping : grouping clinical data in a meaningful manner -- Nursing strategies to attain outcomes : so many problems, so little time -- Nursing implementation : usi…
"Hospice & Palliative Care Handbook, Fourth Edition, offers concise, focused coverage of all aspects of hospice and palliative care for clinicians, managers, and other team members who provide important care while meeting difficult multilevel regulations. Filled with key topics such as professional…
Contents:; Beginning -- Advance care planning -- Chronic illness and end of life -- Dementia and end of life -- Pain management : it?s more than knowing meds -- Physical symptom management -- Suffering : it?s not just the pain -- Active dying : the final days and hours -- After the death : the long…
Contents:; Introduction to palliative care / Marianne Matzo, Tonie Metheny -- Palliative care : responsive to the need for health care reform in America / Deborah Witt Sherman, Marilyn Bookbinder, Marlene McHugh -- Ethical aspects of palliative care / Anita J. Tarzian, Judith Kennedy Schwartz -- Le…
Table of Contents:; Section A -- Introduction to communication studies in cancer and palliative medicine; Section B -- A core curriculum for communication skills training for oncology and palliative care; Section C -- Nursing; Section D -- A specialty curriculum for oncology; Section E -- Communica…
Contents:; Why We Need to Talk about Teams and Communication in Palliative Care -- Who Are the Players? Exploring the Types of Palliative Care Providers -- Formation and Maintenance of High Performing Palliative Care Teams -- Leading Palliative Care Teams -- Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Team M…
"Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients continues to explore the concept of suffering as it relates to nursing practice in an updated new edition. This text helps practicing nurses and students define and recognize various aspects of suffering across the lifespan and within various …
Table of Contents; PART I TEAM AND GROUP DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 1: GROUPS-TEAMS-SYSTEMS; CHAPTER 2: GROUP DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 3: TEAM BUILDING BLOCKS: NORMS, GOALS, ROLES, COMMUNICATION, LEADERS, AND MEMBERS; PART I: TEAM AND GROUP DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES; PART II RELATIONSHIP-CENTERED LEADERSHIP; CH…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
Table of Contents:; Therapeutic communication -- Multicultural therapeutic communication -- Therapeutic communication in complementary medicine -- The helping interview -- The therapeutic response across the life span -- The therapeutic response to angry, aggressive, abused or abusive clients -- Th…
"Named one of "The five best books to understand AI" by The Economist The impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple. Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life?driving cars, trading stocks, an…
