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Parting : a handbook for spiritual care near the end of life

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Holder, Jennifer Sutton, Aldredge-Clanton, Jann. Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside , [2008].

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 H727 2008

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Holder, Jennifer Sutton; Aldredge-Clanton, Jann

Place of Publication: Markham, ON

Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Publication Date: [2008]

Physical Description: xv, 64 p. ; 19 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Spirituality; Terminal Care; Terminally Ill; Adaptation, Psychological; Pastoral Care; Caregivers - psychology; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781554550876; 1554550874

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 D4 H727 2008

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Beyond surviving : cancer and your spiritual journey

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Maginley, David. Halifax, NS: Tristan Press , 2016.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 M194 2016

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

What if you could use cancer to evolve more fully into love? David Maginley has been there --- four times. His cancer led to a near-death experience and a career helping thousands face this disease. Through profound storytelling, David brings you to the core of the cancer journey to discover the he…

Author: Maginley, David

Place of Publication: Halifax, NS

Publisher: Tristan Press

Publication Date: 2016

Physical Description: xix, 226 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Spirituality; Attitude to Death; Pastoral Care; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: What if you could use cancer to evolve more fully into love? David Maginley has been there --- four times. His cancer led to a near-death experience and a career helping thousands face this disease. Through profound storytelling, David brings you to the core of the cancer journey to discover the hero within. You will learn how to :; -- Turn the mind into an ally as you grapple with uncertainty.; -- Explore spirituality through your love rather than your belief.; -- Not only go through cancer, but grow through cancer. - Cover

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ISBN: 9780995881112; 0995881111

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ201 M194 2016

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Experience of nurses caring for young-middle aged patients dying of cancer : a descriptive study

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Canning, Shelley Elisabeth. [Vancouver, BC?]: Shelley Elisabeth Canning , 1995.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WY161 C225 1995

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Canning, Shelley Elisabeth

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: Shelley Elisabeth Canning

Publication Date: 1995

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology - in adulthood - nursing; Oncology Nursing; Nurses; Attitude to Death; Terminal Care

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Thesis

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WY161 C225 1995

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

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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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Physician's guide to coping with death and dying

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Swanson, Jan, Cooper, Alan. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press , 2005.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WB310 S972p 2005

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Swanson, Jan; Cooper, Alan

Place of Publication: Montreal

Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: xi, 286 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Terminal Care - psychology; Physicians - psychology; Physician-Patient Relations; Adaptation, Psychological

ISBN: 9780773528321; 0773528326

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WB310 S972p 2005

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Mastering communication with seriously ill patients : balancing honesty with empathy and hope

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Back, Anthony, Arnold, Robert, Tulsky, James. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press , 2009.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W62 M423b 2009

Availability: 5 copies, 4 available

Taking your skills to the next level; Getting a good start; Talking about serious news; Discussing evidence for making treatment decisions; Discussing prognosis; Between the big events; Conducting a family conference; Dealing with conflicts; Transitions to end-of-life care; Talking about dying; Cul…

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Author: Back, Anthony; Arnold, Robert; Tulsky, James

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: x, 158 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: R2 Library

Subjects: Physician-Patient Relations; Counseling - methods; Communication; Professional-Family Relations; Attitude to Death

Abstract: Taking your skills to the next level; Getting a good start; Talking about serious news; Discussing evidence for making treatment decisions; Discussing prognosis; Between the big events; Conducting a family conference; Dealing with conflicts; Transitions to end-of-life care; Talking about dying; Cultivating your skills

ISBN: 9780521706186; 0521706181

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Library; Surrey Library; Victoria Library; Abbotsford Library; Internet

Call Number: W62 M423b 2009

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Crossing over : narratives of palliative care

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2000.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WB310 C951 2000

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Barnard, David

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2000

Subjects: Palliative Care; Terminal Care; Terminally Ill - psychology; Attitude to Death; Family Relations; Truth Disclosure

ISBN: 01955123433

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WB310 C951 2000

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Being with dying : cultivating compassion and fearlessness in the presence of death

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Halifax, Joan. [Boston, MA]: Shambhala , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 H173 2009

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Halifax, Joan

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Shambhala

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xix, 204 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Death - psychology; Palliative Care - psychology; Buddhism; Meditation; Spirituality; Terminal Care; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781590307182; 1590307186

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 D4 H173 2009

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What dying people want : practical wisdom for the end of life

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Kuhl, David. New York, NY: PublicAffairs , 2002.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 K96 2002

Availability: 6 copies, 6 available

Author: Kuhl, David

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Publication Date: 2002

Physical Description: xxix, 317 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Death - psychology; Terminal Care; Family Relations; Attitude to Death; Terminally Ill - psychology; Popular Work

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ISBN: 1586481193 (pbk.); 0385658834; 9780385658843

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: BF789 D4 K96 2002

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Patient's wish to die : research, ethics, and palliative care

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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

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Jane Brody's guide to the great beyond : a practical primer to help you and your loved ones prepare medically, legally, and emotionally for the end of life

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Brody, Jane E. New York, NY: Random House , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: W85.5 B864 2009

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Alternate Title: Guide to the great beyond

Author: Brody, Jane E.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Random House

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xxiv, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Terminally Ill - psychology; Advance Directives; Advance Care Planning; Caregivers; Palliative Care; Hospice Care; Bereavement; Family Relations; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781400066544; 1400066549

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: W85.5 B864 2009

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Final journeys : a practical guide for bringing care and comfort at the end of life

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Callanan, Maggie. New York, NY: Bantam Books , 2008.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WB310 C156 2008

Availability: 7 copies, 7 available

Author: Callanan, Maggie

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Bantam Books

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: ix, 335 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Palliative Care; Terminally Ill - psychology; Attitude to Death; Family; Caregivers; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780553382747

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: WB310 C156 2008

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Dying in America : improving and honoring individual preferences near the end of life

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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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Corporate Author: Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End of Life Issues; Institute of Medicine (U.S.)

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2014

Subjects: Terminal Care; Advance Care Planning; Attitude to Death; Quality of Life; Quality of Health Care; Patient-Centered Care; Professional-Patient Relations

ISBN: 9780309311748

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Embracing the end of life : help for those who accompany the dying

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O'Rourke, Michelle, Dufour, Eugene. [Toronto, ON]: Novalis , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 O74 2012

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

...offers practical tools and guidance for caregivers, from health care professionals to family members. Drawing on inspiring true stories and their own professional expertise, the authors explore key issues including loss, suffering, spiritual care, dying well, caring well, and grieving. Reflectio…

Author: O'Rourke, Michelle; Dufour, Eugene

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Novalis

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: 190 p. ; 21 cm

Subjects: Caregivers; Terminally Ill - psychology; Terminal Care; Attitude to Death; Advance Care Planning; Family Relations - psychology; Popular Work

Abstract: ...offers practical tools and guidance for caregivers, from health care professionals to family members. Drawing on inspiring true stories and their own professional expertise, the authors explore key issues including loss, suffering, spiritual care, dying well, caring well, and grieving. Reflection questions invite readers to examine their own beliefs around death and dying to better support those in their care.-- Back cover

ISBN: 9782896463961

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 O74 2012

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

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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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Through the dark forest : transforming your life in the face of death

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Conger, Carolyn. New York, NY: Penguin Group , 2014.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 C657 2014

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Conger, Carolyn

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Penguin Group

Publication Date: 2014

Physical Description: xxv, 258 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Terminally Ill - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Attitude to Death; Quality of Life; Spirituality; Thanatology; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780452298705

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 C657 2014

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Final gifts : understanding the special awareness, needs and communications of the dying

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Callanan, Maggie, Kelley, Patricia. [Toronto, ON]: Bantam Books , 1992.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 C156 1992

Availability: 10 copies, 10 available

Written by two hospice nurses. Helps families understand and communicate with terminally ill patients.

Author: Callanan, Maggie; Kelley, Patricia

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Bantam Books

Publication Date: 1992

Subjects: Death; Attitude to Death; Terminal Care - psychology; Communication; Interpersonal Relations; Popular Work

Abstract: Written by two hospice nurses. Helps families understand and communicate with terminally ill patients.

ISBN: 9781451667257; 9780553378764; 0553378767; 0553561391

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: BF789 C156 1992

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