Alternate Title

2008-2009 Annual report : President's Cancer Panel

President's Cancer Panel 2008-2009 annual report

Author

Reuben, Suzanne H

Place of Publication

[Bethesda, MD]

Publisher

President's Cancer Panel

Publication Date

2010

Subjects

Neoplasms - etiology

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Carcinogens, Environmental - adverse effects

Environmental Exposure - prevention & control

Government Regulation

United States

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

2nd URL links to the Executive summary

Author

Merola, Eric

Burzynski, Stanislaw

Place of Publication

[United States]

Publisher

Merola

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

105 minutes

Subjects

Neoplasms - drug therapy

Drug Approval

Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use

Antineoplaston

Piperidones

Benzeneacetamides

Documentaries and Factual Films

United States

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Library

Call Number

QZ267 M567 2010

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Author

Prasad, Vinayak K.

Place of Publication

Baltimore, MD

Publisher

John Hopkins University Press

Publication Date

2020

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - drug therapy

Antineoplastic Agents - economics

Biomedical Research - economics

Drug Development - economics

Health Policy

Patient rights

United States

Abstract

"In this critical study of current cancer therapies, Dr. Prasad, an oncologist and hematologist, examines oncology practice and policy in the United States. His book is organized into four sections: (1) an overview of cancer drugs, (2) forces that distort cancer medicine and practice, (3) details about cancer research and practice, (4) recommended solutions on multiple levels (policy, practitioners, medical education, and pharmacology)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Basics of Cancer Drugs : Cost, Benefit, Value -- Surrogate Endpoints in Cancer : What Are They and Where Are They Used? -- Use and Misuse of Surrogates for Drug Approvals -- How High Prices Harm Patients and Society -- Hype, Spin, and the Unbridled Enthusiasm That Distorts Cancer Medicine -- Financial Conflict of Interest -- The Harms of Financial Conflicts and How to Rehabilitate Medicine -- Will Precision Oncology Save Us? -- Study Design -- Principles of Oncology Practice -- Important Trials in Oncology -- Global Oncology -- How Should Cancer Drug Development Proceed? -- What Can the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and -- Medicaid Services Do Tomorrow? -- What Can People with Cancer Do? -- What Can Students, Residents, and Fellows Do?

ISBN

9781421437637

9781421437644

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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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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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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Author

Lynn, Joanne

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2007

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Palliative Care - organization & administration

Terminal Care - organization & administration

Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods

United States

Abstract

An orientation

Basics of quality improvement

Advance care planning

Preventing, assessing, and treating pain

Assuring comfort

Caring for caregivers

Continuity and transfers

Chronic care: heart and lung failure

Nursing home quality: pressure ulcers

Improving care for people with advanced dementia and their families

Improving intensive care units

Building a palliative care program

Hospice program quality

End-of-life care, spiritual support, and bereavement

Beyond quality improvement: policy improvement

ISBN

9780195310412

0195310411

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Alternate Title

Cancer : the emperor of all maladies (Television program)

Author

Burns, Ken

Goodman, Barak

Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Place of Publication

Arlington, VA

Publisher

PBS

Publication Date

2015

Physical Description

3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects

Leukemia - history

Neoplasms - history

Biomedical Research - history

Medical Oncology

Leukemia - drug therapy

Antineoplastic Agents - history

History of Medicine

History, 20th Century

United States

ISBN

9781627892773

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ11.1 C215b 2015 v.1-3

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Author

Klees, Edward

Horvitz, H. Robert

Place of Publication

Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

xiii, 142 p. ll. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Research Personnel - economics

Biomedical Research - organization & administration

Consultants - legislation & jurisprudence

Contracts - legislation & jurisprudence

Conflict of Interest

Biotechnology - legislation & jurisprudence

Drug Industry - legislation & jurisprudence

Intellectual Property

United States

ISBN

9781621821076

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

W20.5 K63 2014

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Author

Hunter, Jeff

Rothstein Larry

Place of Publication

Appleton, WI

Publisher

Catalysis

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

xxv, 168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects

Patient-Centered Care

Delivery of Health Care

Health Services Administration

United States

ISBN

9780984884889

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Library

Call Number

W 84.7 H945 2018

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Author

Spath, Patrice L

Place of Publication

Chicago, IL

Publisher

Health Administration Press

Publication Date

2005

Physical Description

xx, 244 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series

ACHE management series

Subjects

Health Services Administration - standards

Quality Assurance, Health Care - standards

Total Quality Management

Organizational Innovation

Health Facility Administrators

Benchmarking

United States

ISBN

9781567932331

1567932339

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Library

Call Number

W 84 AA1 S738 2005

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Author

Black, John R

Miller, David

Place of Publication

Chicago, IL

Publisher

Health Administration Press

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

xiii, 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series

ACHE management series

Subjects

Health Facilities - organization & administration

Efficiency, Organizational

Organizational Innovation

Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods

United States

Abstract

An open letter to healthcare leaders (CEOs)

Eliminating waste will transform American health care

A brief history of Lean

The "Lean House" and model lines

Your Lean action plan

Building kaizen leaders

Flow in a healthcare environment

Kanban and the supply chain

Lean comes to Virginia Mason Medical Center

Virginia Mason Medical Center case studies

Lean comes to Park Nicollet Health Services

Park Nicollet Health Services case studies

ISBN

9781567932935

1567932932

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Library

Call Number

WX150 B627t 2008

Copies

Editor

Moss, Margaret P.

Phillips, Janice Mitchell

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company, LLC

Publication Date

[2021]

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Nurse?s Role

Health Equity

Health Policy

Population Health Management

Social Determinants of Health

Nursing - organization & administration

United States

Abstract

Contents:

Introduction : health equity does not equal health equality / Janice M. Phillips and Margaret P. Moss -- Nursing as a force for health equity / Joanne Disch -- Evidence-based policymaking / Myra Michelle DeBose, Ejim Sule, and Debbie Ann Jones -- Health equity and nursing education : past, present and future / Wrenetha A. Julion and Monique Reed -- Health equity and healthcare system transformation policy / Sinsi Hernández-Cancio and Noelle Thompson -- Genetics, health & policy challenges across the lifespan / Justina A. Trott and Sharon L. Ruyak -- The conceptual model of nursology for enhancing equity and quality : population health and health policy / Jacqueline Fawcett -- Integrating the social determinants of health into the clinical setting / Angela M. Moss and Christopher M. Nolan -- Structural determinants of health : an American Indian exemplar / Margaret P. Moss -- Global health equity for LGBTQI people and populations / William E. Rosa, Patricia Moreland, and Tonda L. Hughes -- Veterans and health equity / Linda A. Spoonster Schwartz -- Achieving health equity : exemplars in engaging global communities / Margherita Procaccini Clark and Franchesca A. Cifuentes-Andrade -- A health systems interprofessional approach to impact health equity / Barbara Wadsworth, Chinwe Onyekere, Karen Fitzpatrick Smith, Sandra Ross, Shonalie Roberts, Sharon Larson, and Barry D. Mann -- The critical discussion of race & racism toward achieving equity in health policy / Mia Keeys -- Pathways to achieving health equity : exemplars of community and intersectoral partnerships / Raj C. Shah and Heather Miller -- Politics and law at the root of health equity / Daniel E. Dawes and Nelson J. Dunlap -- The intersection of health literacy, health equity, and nursing practice / Diana Peña Gonzalez, Rachel Roberts, and Kirby Johnson -- The role of community health centers in health equity / Kevin C. Lo and Thomas Tsang.

ISBN

0826195067

9780826195067

9780826195074

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Corporate Author

Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on the Health Consequences of Using Smokeless Tobacco

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Editor

Cullen, Joseph W

Place of Publication

[Bethesda, MD]

Publisher

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Publication Date

1986

Subjects

Tobacco, Smokeless

Health Surveys

United States

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Call Number

WA900 R425 1986

Corporate Author

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Place of Publication

College Park, MD

Publisher

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Publication Date

2009

Series

AAPM report 109

Subjects

Codes of Ethics

Health Physics - ethics

Societies, Scientific - ethics

United States

ISBN

9781888340808

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Kelowna Library

Call Number

WN440 A512 2009 v.109

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Corporate Author

Committee on the Health Effects of Marijuana: An Evidence Review and Research Agenda, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Academies Press

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

486 p.

Subjects

Cannabis

Cannabis - drug effects

Cannabinoids

Cannabinoids - therapeutic use

Medical Marijuana

Dose-Response Relationship, Drug

Health Policy

Risk Assessment

United States

Abstract

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

1 INTRODUCTION

2 CANNABIS

3 CANNABIS: PREVALENCE OF USE, REGULATION, AND CURRENT POLICY LANDSCAPE

PART II: THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS

4 THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CANNABIS AND CANNABINOIDS

PART III: OTHER HEALTH EFFECTS

5 CANCER

7 RESPIRATORY DISEASE

8 IMMUNITY

9 INJURY AND DEATH

10 PRENATAL, PERINATAL, AND NEONATAL EXPOSURE TO CANNABIS

11 PSYCHOSOCIAL

12 MENTAL HEALTH

13 PROBLEM CANNABIS USE

14 CANNABIS USE AND THE ABUSE OF OTHER SUBSTANCES

PART IV: RESEARCH BARRIERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

15 CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS IN CONDUCTING CANNABIS RESEARCH

16 RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE THE CANNABIS RESEARCH AGENDA

APPENDIXES

ISBN

9780309453042

9780309453073

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

E-book available in HTML and PDF formats

Alternate Title

American hospital formulary service

Edition

American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

Place of Publication

[Bethesda, MD]

Publisher

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xvi, 3824 p. ; 28 cm.

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Pharmaceutical Preparations

Drug Information Services

Formularies as Topic

Formularies, Hospital

United States

ISBN

9781585282272

1585282278

ISSN

1063-8792

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Author

Liu, Margaret B

Davis, Kate

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Hoboken, NJ

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

xviii, 406 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Clinical Trials as Topic - legislation & jurisprudence

Clinical Trials as Topic - ethics

Device Approval

Drug Approval

United States

Handbooks

ISBN

9781405195157

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Kelowna Library

Call Number

QV771.4 L783c 2010

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Author

Angell, Marcia

Edition

updated ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Random House Trade Paperbacks

Publication Date

2005

Physical Description

xxviii, 319p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Drug Industry - economics

Advertising as Topic

Pharmaceutical Preparations - economics

Biomedical Research - economics

Government Regulation

Marketing of Health Services

United States

Abstract

The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and kickbacks -- Marketing masquerading as education -- Marketing masquerading as research -- Patent games : stretching out monopolies -- Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way -- Is the party over? -- How to save the pharmaceutical industry...and get our money's worth.

ISBN

9780375760945

0375760946

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV736 A583t 2005

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