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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Author

Aromataris, Edoardo

Hopp, Lisa

Munn, Zachary

Corporate Author

Joanna Briggs Institute

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Publication Date

2011

Series

Synthesis science in healthcare series

Ovid

Subjects

Risk Assessment

Decision Making

Evidence-Based Practice

Meta-Analysis as Topic

ISBN

9781451163872

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Pluye, Pierre

Barlow, Julie

Grad, Roland

Place of Publication

Montreal, QC

Publisher

McGill-Queen's University Press

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

xii, 182 p. ; 23 cm.

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Decision Making, Computer-Assisted

Internet

Primary Health Care

Physician-Patient Relations

Health Literacy

Medical Informatics

Popular Work

Abstract

Table of Contents:

1 A New Way of Diagnosing -- 2 Do I Really Need This Test? -- 3 When Clinicians Disagree -- 4 The Expanded Role of Pharmacists -- 5 Better Treatment for Chronic Problems and Common Conditions -- 6 Getting Patients Engaged -- 7 The Pros and Cons of "Doctor Google" -- 8 Nurses and Doctors Can't Remember Everything -- 9 The Hidden Problem of Health Literacy -- 10 The Family Doctor of the Future.

ISBN

9780773551367

9780773551909

9780773551916

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

W 26.55.D2 P738 2017

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Editor

Agrawal, Ajay

Gans, Joshua

Goldfarb, Avi

Place of Publication

Boston, Massachusetts

Publisher

Harvard Business Review Press

Publication Date

c2022

Series

ProQuest Ebook Central

Subjects

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence - economics

Forecasting - methods

Decision Making

Abstract

"Named one of "The five best books to understand AI" by The Economist The impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple. Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life?driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI brings can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design policies, and people plan their lives for a world so different from what we know? In the face of such uncertainty, many either cower in fear or predict an impossibly sunny future. But in Prediction Machines, three eminent economists recast the rise of AI as a drop in the cost of prediction. With this masterful stroke, they lift the curtain on the AI-is-magic hype and provide economic clarity about the AI revolution as well as a basis for action by executives, policy makers, investors, and entrepreneurs. In this new, updated edition, the authors illustrate how, when AI is framed as cheap prediction, its extraordinary potential becomes clear: Prediction is at the heart of making decisions amid uncertainty. Our businesses and personal lives are riddled with such decisions. Prediction tools increase productivity?operating machines, handling documents, communicating with customers. Uncertainty constrains strategy. Better prediction creates opportunities for new business strategies to compete. The authors reset the context, describing the striking impact the book has had and how its argument and its implications are playing out in the real world. And in new material, they explain how prediction fits into decision-making processes and how foundational technologies such as quantum computing will impact business choices. Penetrating, insightful, and practical, Prediction Machines will help you navigate the changes on the horizon." --publisher

ISBN

9781647824679

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Corporate Author

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Place of Publication

[Bethesda, MD]

Publisher

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

xix, 488 p.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Ebrary books

NCRP report ; no. 175

Subjects

Radiation Injuries - prevention & control

Radioactive Hazard Release

Decision Making

Disaster Planning - methods

Radiation Protection - methods

Radioactive Fallout

Guideline

United States

ISBN

9780983545057

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Edelstein, Peter

Place of Publication

Guilford, CT

Publisher

Lyons Press

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

ix, 253 p. ; 21 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

ebrary books for public

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Neoplasms - therapy

Decision Making

Adaptation, Psychological

Popular Work

ISBN

9780762796373

9781493008070

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 E21o 2014

Website Notes

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Editor

Rogne, Leah

McCune, Susana Lauraine

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company, LLC

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

xvi, 383 p. : ill.

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Advance Care Planning - organization & administration

Communication

Family Relations

Professional-Patient Relations

Terminal Care

Palliative Care

Hospice Care

Decision Making

Abstract

Table of Contents available at URL

ISBN

9780826110213

9780192542359

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Author

Hesse-Biber, Sharlene

Place of Publication

Ann Arbor, MI

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Publication Date

2014

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Genetic Testing

Genes, BRCA1

Genes, BRCA2

Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome

Decision Making

Women's Health

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Ovarian Neoplasms - psychology

Genetic Predisposition to Disease

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780472052196

9780472120352

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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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

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Alternate Title

Living a healthy life with chronic conditions : for ongoing physical and mental health conditions

Author

Lorig, Kate

Holman, Halsted

LaBossiere Huebner, Trude

McGowan, Patrick

Edition

Canadian 4th ed.

Place of Publication

Boulder, CO

Publisher

Bull Publishing Company

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

vii, 368 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

ebrary books for public

Subjects

Chronic Disease

Heart Diseases

Lung Diseases

Diabetes Mellitus

Arthritis

Self Care

Self-Management

Exercise

Decision Making

Communication

Problem Solving

Healthy Lifestyle

Popular Work

Notes

Canadian edition - 4th edition revised and updated.

ISBN

9781936693498

9781936693573

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

WT500 L785 2013

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Author

Foster, Terrence

Place of Publication

Morrow, GA

Publisher

Global Health and Consortium

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Stress, Psychological - prevention & control

Life Change Events

Popular Work

ISBN

9781737519218

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

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Editor

Williams, Angela L.

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

Detroit, MI

Publisher

Omnigraphics

Publication Date

2020

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Health reference series

Subjects

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Neoplasms - psychology

Cancer Survivors

Quality of Life

Popular Work

Abstract

Provides consumer health information about living with cancer after diagnosis, making cancer care decisions, coping with complications of treatment, and maintaining wellness after treatment. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources.

ISBN

9780780817845

9780780817852

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

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Editor

Jones, Keith

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Detroit, MI

Publisher

Omnigraphics

Publication Date

2017

Series

Health reference series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Cancer Survivors

Neoplasms - psychology

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Neoplasms - therapy

Quality of Life

Adaptation, Psychological

Popular Work

Abstract

Cancer survivorship sourcebook : basic consumer health information about the physical, educational, emotional, social, and financial needs of cancer patients from diagnosis, through cancer treatment, and beyond, including facts about researching specific types of cancer and learning about clinical trials and treatment options, and featuring tips for coping with the side effects of cancer treatments and adjusting to life after cancer treatment concludes ; along with suggestions for caregivers, friends, and family members of cancer patients, a glossary of cancer care terms, and directories of related resources

Table of contents:

Part I If Your Doctor Says It's Cancer -- Part II Making Treatment and Cancer Care Decisions -- Part III Clinical Trials and Cancer Research Updates -- Part IV Coping with Side Effects and Complications of Cancer Treatment -- Part V Emotional, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues in Cancer Care -- Part VI Maintaining Wellness during and after Cancer Treatment -- Part VII Information for Friends, Family Members, and Caregivers -- Part VIII Additional Help and Information

ISBN

9780780815490

9780780815506

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

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Author

Marmoreo, Jean

Schneller, Johanna

Place of Publication

Toronto, ON

Publisher

Viking Press

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Terminally Ill

Dying, Assisted

Patient-directed death

Euthanasia

Physician-Patient Relations

Canada

Popular Work

Abstract

"An urgently important exploration of the human stories behind Canada's evolving acceptance of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), from one of its first and most thoughtful practitioners. The Last Doctor recounts Marmoreo's crash course in MAiD and introduces a range of very different and memorable patients, some aged, some suffering from degenerative conditions or with a terminal disease, some surrounded by supportive love, some quite alone, who ask her help to end their suffering with dignity and on their own terms. Dr. Marmoreo also shares her own emotional transformation as she climbs a steep learning curve and learns the intimate truths of the vast range of end-of-life situations" -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN

9780735241077

9780735241084

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WB65 M352 2022

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Author

Katz, Anne

Place of Publication

Pittsburgh, PA

Publisher

Oncology Nursing Society

Publication Date

2015

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Adolescent

Young Adult

Survivors - psychology

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Adaptation, Psychological

Employment

Workplace

Life Change Events

Popular Work

ISBN

1935864645

9781935864646

9781935864653

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Katz, Anne

Place of Publication

Pittsburgh, PA

Publisher

Oncology Nursing Society

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

ix, 241 p. ; 23 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

ebrary books for public

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Survivors - psychology

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Adaptation, Psychological

Adolescent

Young Adult

Employment

Workplace

Life Change Events

Popular Work

ISBN

9781935864448

9781935864455

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ200 K19t 2014

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Author

Pynn, Craig T

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Demos Health

Publication Date

2012

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Prostatic Neoplasms

Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis

Prostatic Neoplasms - psychology

Life Change Events

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Social Support

Adaptation, Psychological

Abstract

Table of Contents

PART I DISCOVERY AND DIAGNOSIS

PART II RELATING TO CANCER

PART III THE OTHER REALITIES OF PROSTATE CANCER

PART IV A LIFETIME?S JOURNEY

EPILOGUE

ISBN

1936303256

9781936303250

9781617051012

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

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Author

Rosenberg, Stephen

Place of Publication

Lanham, MD

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Publication Date

2020

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Patient Care

Popular Work

Abstract

"A friendly, easy-to-read guide for cancer patients and their loved ones when dealing with a cancer diagnosis. This book will help patients, loved ones, friends and family recognize the pitfalls of a cancer diagnosis and how to avoid them to get the best care possible during their cancer journey." -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN

9781538134221

9781538134238

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

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Author

Vandall-Walker, Virginia

Moore, Katherine

Pyne, Diane

Place of Publication

Edmonton, AB

Publisher

AU Press

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

56 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

ebrary books for public

Subjects

Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery

Patient Education Handout

Prostatectomy - psychology

Popular Work

Abstract

Before surgery, at home

Before surgery, in hospital

The surgery

After surgery, in hospital

After surgery, at home

Closing words

ISBN

9781897425176

1897425171

9781897425183

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

WJ752 V224 2008

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Author

Adhikari, Sapana P.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Diagnosis

Human anatomy

Medical Illustration

Patient Education as Topic

Pictorial Works

Popular Work

Abstract

"Diagnosketch is a visual aid to explain medical diagnoses to patients at the bedside. It uses simplified images to illustrate complicated anatomy and concepts. The title, 'Diagnosketch,' combines the term 'diagnosis,' with the term, 'sketch,' paralleling the way the book combines a medical diagnosis with a simplified sketch. It includes common pathologies seen in an acute care setting, especially ones that are easier to explain with pictures"-- Provided by publisher

ISBN

9780197636954

9780197636961

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

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