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The undying : pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care

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Boyer, Anne. New York, NY: Picador , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 B791 2019

Availability: 7 copies, 7 available

Author: Boyer, Anne

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Picador

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: 308 pages ; 19 cm

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasms - psychology; Patients - psychology; Attitude to Health; Attitude to Death; Politics; Popular Work; Personal Narratives

Notes: Some copies were purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN: 9781250757982

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 B791 2019

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Selections from the Tile Tales Collection : illustrating the power of art as therapy

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Slakov, June, Veal, Marshall. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services , 2007.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ266 B861c 2007

Availability: 6 copies, 6 available

The BC Cancer Agency Tile Tales Collection tells of the powerful stories of cancer patients, their families, and care providers. This series of ceramic artwork tiles is on permanent display at Vancouver and Fraser Valley centres. The tiles adorn various walls in the Fraser Valley Centre and on th…

Author: Slakov, June; Veal, Marshall

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Agency

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: 18 minutes

Subjects: Art Therapy; Relaxation Techniques; Art; Neoplasms - psychology; BC Cancer Agency; Popular Work

Abstract: The BC Cancer Agency Tile Tales Collection tells of the powerful stories of cancer patients, their families, and care providers. This series of ceramic artwork tiles is on permanent display at Vancouver and Fraser Valley centres. The tiles adorn various walls in the Fraser Valley Centre and on the third, fifth and sixth floors of the Vancouver Centre as well as the John Jambor hallway on the main level.; Cancer patients, their families, healthcare professionals and volunteers have created unique images on ceramic tiles to express their personal feelings and experiences with cancer. A tale or short description by the artist accompanies each tile. We have selected a number of these tiles to highlight the collection for you here.

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; VC Library Archives; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ266 B861c 2007

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Beautiful eight : learning to live with advanced breast cancer

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Murphy, Beth. New York, NY: Principle Pictures, Inc. , 2006.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 B384 2006

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

An intimate discussion among eight young women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.

Author: Murphy, Beth

Corporate Author: Young Survival Coalition

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Principle Pictures, Inc.

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: 45 minutes

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis; Popular Work

Abstract: An intimate discussion among eight young women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 B384 2006

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Don't take my grief away from me : how to walk through grief and learn to live again

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Manning, Doug. Oklahoma City, OK.: In-Sight Books, Inc. , 2003. 29th ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 M283 2003

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

The first section of the book deals with those first few days after a death and all the plans and decisions that need to be made. The second section provides guidance and hope for healing.

Author: Manning, Doug

Edition: 29th ed.

Place of Publication: Oklahoma City, OK.

Publisher: In-Sight Books, Inc.

Publication Date: 2003

Subjects: Death - popular works; Grief - popular works

Abstract: The first section of the book deals with those first few days after a death and all the plans and decisions that need to be made. The second section provides guidance and hope for healing.

ISBN: 1892785048

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 M283 2003

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Body image workbook : an eight-step program for learning to like your looks

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Cash, Thomas F. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. , 2008. 2nd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WM172 C338 2008

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Cash, Thomas F

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Oakland, CA

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: viii, 216 p. : ill. : 26 cm.

Series: New Harbinger self-help workbook

Subjects: Body Image - psychology; Self Concept; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781572245464

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WM172 C338 2008

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Understanding prostate cancer : learning about this disease through interviews with the physicians and patients of Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia

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Critz, Frank A. Decatur, GA: Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia , 2007.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WJ752 U55f 2007

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Critz, Frank A

Corporate Author: Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia

Place of Publication: Decatur, GA

Publisher: Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: 84 minutes

Subjects: Prostatic Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Popular Work

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WJ752 U55f 2007

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Faith, hope and healing : inspiring lessons learned from people living with cancer

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Siegel, Bernie S, Sander, Jennifer. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2011.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ200 S571 2011

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Siegel, Bernie S; Sander, Jennifer

Place of Publication: Hoboken, NJ

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: xi, 226 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Cancer Survivors - psychology; Faith Healing; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780470289013; 0470289015

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ200 S571 2011

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Love, medicine and miracles : lessons learned about self-healing from a surgeon's experience with exceptional patients

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Siegel, Bernie S. New York, NY: Harper & Row, Publishers , 1986.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ266 S571 1986

Availability: 9 copies, 9 available

Author: Siegel, Bernie S

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers

Publication Date: 1986

Subjects: Imagery; Neoplasms - psychology; Mental Healing; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780060919832; 0060919833; 0060914068 (pbk.)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ266 S571 1986

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Art, rage, us : art and writing by women with breast cancer

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Eikenberry, Jill, Williams, Terry Tempest. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books , 1998.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 A784 1998

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Eikenberry, Jill; Williams, Terry Tempest

Place of Publication: San Francisco, CA

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Publication Date: 1998

Physical Description: 175 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Patients - psychology; Women - psychology; Writing; Art Therapy; Breast Neoplasms - pictorial works; Breast Neoplasms - anecdotes; Breast Neoplasms - poetry; Popular Work

ISBN: 0811821307

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 A784 1998

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What I learned from cancer

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Maione, Dennis. Winnipeg, MB: Prompters to Life , 2014.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 M227 2014

Availability: 6 copies, 6 available

Author: Maione, Dennis

Place of Publication: Winnipeg, MB

Publisher: Prompters to Life

Publication Date: 2014

Physical Description: 215 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - genetics; Colorectal Neoplasms - genetics; Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasms - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Family Relations; Survivors; Personal Narratives

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 9780993738616; 0993738613

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 M227 2014

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Breath : the new science of a lost art

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Nestor, James. New York, NY: Riverhead Books , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WF105 N468 2020

Availability: 2 copies, 1 available

"Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again…

Author: Nestor, James

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Riverhead Books

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: xxii, 280 pages ; 24 cm

Subjects: Respiration; Respiratory system; Breathing Exercises; Yoga; Popular Work

Abstract: "Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again."-- Provided by publisher

ISBN: 9780735213616

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WF105 N468 2020

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Reflections : illness and healing : the art of Robert Pope

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Murray, Jock. Hantsport, N.S.: Robert Pope Foundation , 1996.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 M982 1996

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Murray, Jock

Place of Publication: Hantsport, N.S.

Publisher: Robert Pope Foundation

Publication Date: 1996

Subjects: Art Therapy; Neoplasms - psychology; Popular Work

ISBN: 0889995877

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 M982 1996

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Art of conversation through serious illness : lessons for caregivers

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McQuellon, Richard P, Cowan, Michael A. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 M377 2010

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

Author: McQuellon, Richard P; Cowan, Michael A

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: xv, 144 p. ; 18 cm.

Subjects: Terminal Care; Attitude to Death; Caregivers - psychology; Critical Illness; Empathy; Communication; Terminally Ill; Neoplasms -psychology; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780195389227; 0195389220

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 M377 2010

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Learn to live through cancer : what you need to know and do

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Fleishman, Stewart B. New York, NY: Demos Health , 2011.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 F596 2011

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

1 read online

Author: Fleishman, Stewart B

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Demos Health

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: xiii, 348 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series: Proquest Ebook Central; ebrary books for public

Subjects: Neoplasms; Neoplasms - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Neoplasms - rehabilitation; Survivors; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781936303083; 9781617050626

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Internet

Call Number: QZ201 F596 2011

Website Notes: Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca or calling 1.888.675.8001 x 7000 (toll-free) to obtain a username and password.

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You can manage radiation therapy side effects : learn what radiation therapy is and how to cope with its side effects

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U.S. National Institutes of Health, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Baltimore, MD: National Cancer Institute , 2007.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ269 Y67 2007

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Corporate Author: U.S. National Institutes of Health; U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Place of Publication: Baltimore, MD

Publisher: National Cancer Institute

Publication Date: 2007

Subjects: Radiotherapy - adverse effects; Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Self Care; Popular Work

Language: English

Material Type: CD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ269 Y67 2007

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Lung cancer : from diagnosis to treatment

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Scott, Walter. Omaha, NB: Addicus Books , 2018. 3rd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WF658 S431 2018

Availability: 7 copies, 6 available

Author: Scott, Walter

Edition: 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: Omaha, NB

Publisher: Addicus Books

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: ix, 134 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Lung Neoplasms; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781943886678

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WF658 S431 2018

Website Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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