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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.
The first book to explore the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears. -- Provided by publisher.
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Facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, Karen Derris--professor, mother, and Buddhist practitioner--turned to books. By reading ancient Buddhist stories with new questions and a new purpose, finding a way to live with her dying body, she discovers new ways to make them immediate and real. - Provided by…
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| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
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Chasing daylight is the inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, written in the three-and -a-half months between his terminal diagnosis with a brain cancer and his death in September 2005. Interweaving details of his illness with reflections on life, death and success, this passiona…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | On Loan, due Monday, June 10, 2024 |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
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" Nearing his final days, a beloved Unitarian minister meditates on life, love, and death: 'The goal is to live in such a way that our lives will prove worth dying for.' Love & Death is imbued with ideas and exemplars for achieving that goal, and the stories he offers--all drawn from his own expe…
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| c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
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| c.2 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency PG Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
Kate Bowler believed that life was a series of unlimited choices, only to find that she was stuck in a cancerous body at age 35 ... With dry wit and unflinching honesty, she grapples with her cancer diagnosis, her ambition, and her faith and searches for some kind of peace with her limitations in a…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr | On Loan, due Wednesday, June 5, 2024 | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
The articles are written by doctors, nurses, caregivers, community leaders and celebrities etc. who are well-known to people in or from Hong Kong. They share their personal experiences on how they cope, what's the meaning of good death (and good living) to both patients and caregivers
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.2 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
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| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
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| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.2 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.3 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
Includes effects of culture in end-of-life situations, ethical considerations, mental health issues, depression, the needs of caregivers, recommendations to improve psychosocial care.
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The Bright Hour is the memoir of Nina Rigg, following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. "With the lyricism of poetry and a voice that never trades on simple grief, 'The Bright Hour' celebrates living -- living well, living fully -- and the transcendent combination of light and darkness that ma…
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| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
"Dr. Kathryn Mannix has studied and practiced palliative care for thirty years. In With the End in Mind, she shares beautifully crafted stories from a lifetime of caring for the dying, and makes a compelling case for the therapeutic power of approaching death not with trepidation, but with openness…
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| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
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The last lecture; Really achieving your childhood dreams; Adventures ... and lessons learned; Enabling the dreams of others; It's about how to live your life; Final remarks; Acknowledgments
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