Author

Lichter, S. Robert

Rothman, Stanley

Place of Publication

New Haven, Ct.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication Date

1999

Subjects

Carcinogens, Environmental

Politics

ISBN

300076347

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ202 L699 1999

Copies

Author

McCormick, Sabrina

Place of Publication

Lanham, MD

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

185 p. ; 24 cm.

Series

New social formations

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - etiology

Environmental Exposure - adverse effects

Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control

Public Policy

United States

Popular Work

ISBN

9780742564084

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WP870 M477 2009

Copies

Author

Davis, Devra Lee

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

BasicBooks

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

xviii, 505 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - history

Carcinogens, Environmental - history

Health Policy - history

Health Policy - economics

Primary Prevention - history

Primary Prevention - economics

History, 20th Century

Abstract

Relates the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain

ISBN

9780465015665

0465015662

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ11 AA1 D261s 2007

Copies

Corporate Author

National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.)

Editor

Curry, Susan J

Byers, Tim

Hewitt, Maria

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Academies Press

Publication Date

2003

Physical Description

xx, 542 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Health Policy

Health Promotion

Mass Screening

United States

ISBN

0309082544

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Library

Call Number

QZ200 F962 2003

Copies

Author

Jain, S. Lochlann

Place of Publication

Berkeley, CA

Publisher

University of California Press

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

290 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Carcinogens

Health Policy

Medical Oncology - legislation & jurisprudence

Neoplasms - economics

Research Support as Topic

United States

Personal Narratives

ISBN

9780520276574

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ200 J25 2013

Copies

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

Editor

Goudreau, Kelly A.

Smolenski, Mary C.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company, LLC

Publication Date

2014

Series

EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection

Subjects

Advanced Practice Nursing

Health Policy

United States

ISBN

9780826169426

9780826169433

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Editor

Goudreau, Kelly A.

Smolenski, Mary C.

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company, LLC

Publication Date

2018

Series

EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection

Subjects

Advanced Practice Nursing

Health Policy

Nurse's Role

United States

ISBN

9780826169440

9780826169457

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Author

King, Samantha

Place of Publication

Minneapolis, MN

Publisher

University of Minnesota Press

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

xxxii, 157 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - economics

Gift Giving

Fund Raising

Financial Support

Marketing

Politics

United States

ISBN

9780816648986

0816648980

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WP870 K54p 2006

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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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Corporate Author

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Edition

8th ed.

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Publication Date

2015

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Feeding behavior

Diet - standards

Diet, Healthy

Nutrition

Nutrition Policy

Nutritional Requirements

Food

United States

Guideline

ISBN

0160932513

9780160932519

9780160934674

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

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.

Corporate Author

Institute of Medicine

National Research Council

Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Academies Press

Publication Date

2005

Subjects

Dietary Supplements - standards - United States

Safety - United States

Product Surveillance, Postmarketing - methods - United States

United States Food and Drug Administration

ISBN

0309091101

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QU145 D565 2005

Copies

Alternate Title

Minority leader

Author

Abrams, Stacey

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Picador

Publication Date

2019

Physical Description

xxx, 226 p. ; 21 cm

Subjects

Leadership

Social Change

Political Activism

Personal Narratives

United States

Notes

"Previously published as Minority leader"-- Cover.

ISBN

9781250214805

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Status

Processing

Audience

Professional

Location

Kelowna Library

Victoria Library

Call Number

WX159 A161a 2019

Copies

Editor

Bennett, C. Charles L

Stinson, Tammy J

Place of Publication

[Boston, MA]

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Publication Date

1998

Physical Description

xii, 182 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series

Cancer treatment and research 97

Subjects

Neoplasms

Research

Health Policy

Health Services Research

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Quality of Health Care

United States

ISBN

079238203X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ206 C2147 1998

Copies

Corporate Author

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Scientific Committee 6-2 on Radiation Exposure of the U.S. Population

Place of Publication

[Bethesda, MD]

Publisher

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xv. 387 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series

NCRP report 160

Subjects

Radiation, Ionizing

Environmental Exposure

Radiation Dosage

United States

Statistics

Abstract

Update of: NCRP report no. 93 "Ionizing radiation exposure of the population of the United States, c1987".

ISBN

9780929600987

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

VC Medical Physics

VIC Medical Physics

Kelowna Library

Call Number

WN650 N39 2009 v.160

Copies

Author

Shalek, Robert J

Gooden, David S

Place of Publication

Madison, Wi.

Publisher

Medical Physics Publishing

Publication Date

1996

Subjects

Health Physics - legislation - United States

Radiation Injuries - legislation - United States

Malpractice - United States

ISBN

944838642

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

VIC Medical Physics

Kelowna Library

Call Number

WN110 S528 1996

Copies

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

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

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the National Quality Report on Health Care Delivery

Editor

Hurtado, Margarita P

Swift, Elaine K

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Academy Press

Publication Date

2001

Subjects

Quality Assurance, Health Care - United States

Delivery of Health Care - United States

ISBN

030907343X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

W 84 I59e 2001

Copies

Author

Kendi, Ibrahim X.

Edition

Updated ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

One World

Publication Date

2023

Subjects

Antiracism

Race Relations

Racism - psychology

United States

Notes

Updated with a new preface -- Front cover

ISBN

9780525509301

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Library

Vancouver Library

Call Number

HT1503 K33h 2023

Copies