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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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Advance care planning in end of life care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120466
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press , 2018. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
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…
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Editor
Thomas, Keri
Lobo, Ben
Detering, Karen
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Oxford, UK
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2018
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning - organization & administration
Decision Making
Terminal Care
Right to Die
Abstract
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 planning support this and what are the economic benefits? -- Advance care planning for an ageing population -- Spiritual and ethical aspects of advance care planning -- Advance care planning: a personal view and stories from the frontline -- Context and experience of advance care planning in the UK -- Advance care planning in the UK: update on policy and practice -- Advance decisions to refuse treatment and the impact of wider legislation -- Discussions and decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- The implications of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 for advance care planning and decision making -- Experience of use of advance care planning in care homes -- Advance care planning in the community -- Advance care planning in hospices and palliative care -- Advance care planning in hospitals -- Advance care planning: thinking ahead for parents, carers, children, and young people -- Advance care planning and people with dementia -- Experience of advance care planning internationally -- Advance care planning in Australia -- Advance care planning in Canada -- Advance directives and advance care planning: the US experience -- Advance care planning in New Zealand: our Voice--to tatou reo -- Advance care planning in Germany: on track for nationwide implementation -- Advance care planning in an Asian country -- Practicalities and areas of common ground -- Communication skills and advance care planning -- Advance care planning in chronic disease: finding the known in the midst of the unknown -- Planning ahead in all areas -- A population-based approach to end-of-life care and advance care planning.
ISBN
9780198802136
9780192542359
9780192542366
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel : end-of-life decision making : report

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20773
Schüklenk, Udo. [Ottawa, ON]: Royal Society of Canada , 2011.
Audience
Professional
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Hastings Center guidelines for decisions on life-sustaining treatment and care near the end of life

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21049
Berlinger, Nancy, Jennings, Bruce, Wolf, Susan M. Oxford: Oxford University Press , 2013. rev. and expanded 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WX162 B515 2013
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Berlinger, Nancy
Jennings, Bruce
Wolf, Susan M
Edition
rev. and expanded 2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Oxford
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2013
Physical Description
xxii, 240 p. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Life Support Care - standards
Life Support Care - ethics
Terminal Care - standards
Terminal Care - ethics
Advance Care Planning
Decision Making
ISBN
9780199974559
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WX162 B515 2013

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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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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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Cross-cultural considerations in promoting advance care planning in Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog16562
Con, Andrea, Friesen, Melissa, Lam, Shona, Nelson, Patricia. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency | CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) , 2007.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
W85.5 C743 2007
Availability
6 copies, 6 available
This report was prepared for the Palliative and End-of-Life Care Unit, Chronic and Continuing Care Division, Secretatiat on Palliative and End-of-Life Care, Primary and Continuing Health Care Division of the Health Care Policy Directorate, Health Canada (Contract Reference Number 4500150490)
Author
Con, Andrea
Friesen, Melissa
Lam, Shona
Nelson, Patricia
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
BC Cancer Agency
CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Publication Date
2007
Physical Description
93 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Advance Care Planning
Patient Care Planning
Decision Making
Resuscitation Orders
Palliative Care
Family
First Nations
Hearing Impaired Persons
Social Support
Canada
Abstract
This report was prepared for the Palliative and End-of-Life Care Unit, Chronic and Continuing Care Division, Secretatiat on Palliative and End-of-Life Care, Primary and Continuing Health Care Division of the Health Care Policy Directorate, Health Canada (Contract Reference Number 4500150490)
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Surrey Library
Victoria Library
Kelowna Library
Abbotsford Library
Call Number
W85.5 C743 2007

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101 boardroom problems and how to solve them

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120232
Mina, Eli. [Vancouver, BC?]: Eli Mina Consulting , 2011.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WX150 M663 2011
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Alternate Title
One hundred one boardroom problems and how to solve them
One hundred and one boardroom problems and how to solve them
Author
Mina, Eli
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
Eli Mina Consulting
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
xxvii, 178 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Governing Board
Strategic planning
Decision Making
Decision Making, Organizational
Planning Techniques
Nonprofit Organizations
ISBN
9780973442816
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Abbotsford Library
Call Number
WX150 M663 2011

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Caring for people with learning disabilities who are dying

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20493
Blackman, Noelle, Todd, Stuart. London, UK: Worth Publishning , 2005.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB310 B629 2005
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Blackman, Noelle
Todd, Stuart
Place of Publication
London, UK
Publisher
Worth Publishning
Publication Date
2005
Physical Description
x, 53 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Learning Disorders
Communication disorders
Terminal Care - methods
Mentally Disabled Persons
IIntellectual Disability
Terminally Ill - psychology
Death
ISBN
9781903269176
1903269172
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Call Number
WB310 B629 2005

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Transitions in dying and bereavement : a psychosocial guide for hospice and palliative care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog10525
Cairns, Moira, Thompson, Marney, Wainwright, Wendy. Baltimore, md.: Health Professions Press, Inc. , 2003.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB210 V642 2003
Availability
3 copies, 3 available
Author
Cairns, Moira
Thompson, Marney
Wainwright, Wendy
Corporate Author
Victoria Hospice Society
Place of Publication
Baltimore, md.
Publisher
Health Professions Press, Inc.
Publication Date
2003
Subjects
Grief - psychology
Bereavement - psychology
Death - psychology
Hospice Care
Palliative Care - psychology
ISBN
1878812920
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
VC Professional Practice Nursing
FVC PFCS
Victoria Library
Kelowna Library
CN PFCS
Call Number
WB210 V642 2003

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Priority setting toolkit : a guide to the use of economics in healthcare decision making

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15627
Mitton, Craig, Donaldson, Cam. London: BMJ Books , 2004.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
W74 M685 2004
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Mitton, Craig
Donaldson, Cam
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
BMJ Books
Publication Date
2004
Subjects
Health Planning - economics
Delivery of Health Care - economics
Decision Making
ISBN
0727917366
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Call Number
W74 M685 2004

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Impact of spirituality, social support, and defensive/adaptive coping on death anxiety at end of life

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19229
McMahon, Robin Lynn. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America , 2004.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WM172 M167 2004
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
McMahon, Robin Lynn
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
Catholic University of America
Publication Date
2004
Subjects
Attitude to Death
Spirituality
Hospice Care
Terminally Ill
Social Support
Anxiety
Adaptation, Psychological
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Thesis
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WM172 M167 2004

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Renegotiating health care : resolving conflict to build collaboration

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog6314
Marcus, Leonard J. San Francisco, Ca.: Jossey-Bass Publishers , 1995.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WX159 M322 1995
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Marcus, Leonard J
Place of Publication
San Francisco, Ca.
Publisher
Jossey-Bass Publishers
Publication Date
1995
Subjects
Conflict (Psychology)
Negotiating
Decision Making, Organizational
Health Planning
ISBN
0787901512
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WX159 M322 1995

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Transitions in dying and bereavement : a psychosocial guide for hospice and palliative care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121125
Thompson, Marney, Wainwright, Wendy. Baltimore, MD: Health Professions Press, Inc. , 2017. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB210 V642 2017
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Contents:; Establishing the framework : integration of psychosocial and hospice palliative care perspective : social work and counseling competencies in hospice palliative care -- Beginning the journey : early diagnosis and treatment perspective : psychosocial assessment -- The path not chosen : re…
Author
Thompson, Marney
Wainwright, Wendy
Corporate Author
Victoria Hospice Society
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD
Publisher
Health Professions Press, Inc.
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
xxii, 350 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Hospice Care - psychology
Palliative Care - psychology
Terminal Care - psychology
Attitude to Death
Bereavement
Grief
Abstract
Contents:
Establishing the framework : integration of psychosocial and hospice palliative care perspective : social work and counseling competencies in hospice palliative care -- Beginning the journey : early diagnosis and treatment perspective : psychosocial assessment -- The path not chosen : recurrence and chronic illness perspective: cultural competency -- Entering the unknown : the shift toward hospice palliative care perspective : intimacy and sexuality -- The long and winding road : illness predominates perspective : dying children and youth -- Watching and waiting : as death approaches perspective : suffering and despair -- The parting of the ways : time of death perspective : support for the hospice palliative care team -- Walking the edges : when a death occurs perspective: working with thoughts and emotions -- Entering the depths : adjusting to loss perspective: grief : it?s complicated -- Reconnecting with the world : mending the heart.
Notes
Preceded by Transitions in dying and bereavement : a psychosocial guide for hospice and palliative care / by Victoria Hospice Society and Moira Cairns, Marney Thompson, Wendy Wainwright. 2003.
ISBN
9780969504191
0969504195
9781938870651
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Call Number
WB210 V642 2017

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IFRAME : a manager's guide to critically balanced thinking

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21213
Kelton, Lorne, Ireland, Shawn. Kirkland, QC: IFRAME Consulting Ltd. , 2009.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
HD30.23 K29 2009
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Alternate Title
IFRAME stands for: Incidents, Feelings, Reflection, Assumptions, Meaning, Execution
Author
Kelton, Lorne
Ireland, Shawn
Place of Publication
Kirkland, QC
Publisher
IFRAME Consulting Ltd.
Publication Date
2009
Physical Description
xii, 100 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Decision Making - organization & administration
Organizational Innovation
Employee Incentive Plans
Personnel Management
Emotional Intelligence
Communication
Interpersonal Relations
Cooperative behavior
Group Processes
ISBN
9780981245607
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
HD30.23 K29 2009

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Nursing care at the end of life : palliative care for patients and families

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15989
Zerwekh, Joyce V. Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company , 2006.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WY152 Z58n 2006
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Zerwekh, Joyce V
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
F. A. Davis Company
Publication Date
2006
Physical Description
xviii, 453 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Hospice Care
Nursing Care
Palliative Care
Terminally Ill
ISBN
9780803611283 (pbk.)
0803611285 (pbk.)
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WY152 Z58n 2006

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Care of the imminently dying

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122761
Oxford: Oxford University Press , 2016.
Audience
Professional
Contents:; Delirium / Debra E. Heidrich and Nancy K. English -- Dyspnea, death rattle, and cough / Deborah Dudgeon -- Urgent syndromes at the end of life / Barton T. Bobb -- Sedation for refractory symptoms / Patti Knight, Laura A. Espinosa, and Bonnie Freeman -- Withdrawal of life-sustaining thera…
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Responsibility
.
Editor
Paice, Judith A.
Place of Publication
Oxford
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2016
Series
HPNA Palliative nursing manuals; v. 7
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
Terminal Care - methods
Palliative Care - methods
Abstract
Contents:
Delirium / Debra E. Heidrich and Nancy K. English -- Dyspnea, death rattle, and cough / Deborah Dudgeon -- Urgent syndromes at the end of life / Barton T. Bobb -- Sedation for refractory symptoms / Patti Knight, Laura A. Espinosa, and Bonnie Freeman -- Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies : mechanical ventilation, dialysis, and cardiac devices / Margaret L. Campbell and Linda M. Gorman.
ISBN
9780190244286
9780190244293
9780190244309
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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To comfort always : a nurse's guide to end-of-life care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122433
Norlander, Linda. Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International , 2014.
Audience
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…
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Author
Norlander, Linda
Place of Publication
Indianapolis, IN
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International
Publication Date
2014
Series
EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection
Subjects
Terminal Care
Nursing Care
Advance Care Planning
Abstract
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 journey to the car -- Pediatric end of life : when a child is dying -- Cultural sensitivity : looking through different eyes -- Hospice : the gold standard for end-of-life care -- Ethical issues in end-of-life care -- A final note : taking care.
ISBN
9781938835506
9781938835520
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Counselling for death and dying : person-centred dialogues

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15283
Bryant-Jefferies, Richard. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing , 2006.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
BF789 D4 B915 2006
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
Author
Bryant-Jefferies, Richard
Place of Publication
Oxford
Publisher
Radcliffe Publishing
Publication Date
2006
Physical Description
xv, 183 p. ; 25 cm.
Series
Living therapy series
Subjects
Terminally Ill
Bereavement - psychology
Nondirective Therapy
Counseling
ISBN
9781846190797
1846190797
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Surrey Library
Victoria Library
Abbotsford Library
Call Number
BF789 D4 B915 2006

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Continual improvement handbook : a quick reference guide for tools and concepts

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog3913
Executive Learning, Inc. Brentwood, Tn.: Executive Learning, Inc. , 1993.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WX153 C762 1993
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Corporate Author
Executive Learning, Inc.
Place of Publication
Brentwood, Tn.
Publisher
Executive Learning, Inc.
Publication Date
1993
Subjects
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Decision Making
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Quality Management
Victoria Library
Call Number
WX153 C762 1993

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