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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Author

Ernst, Edzard

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Copernicus books

Subjects

Complementary Therapies

Treatment Outcome

Evidence-Based Medicine

Popular Work

Abstract

"Alternative medicine (AM) is popular; about 40% of the US general population have used alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%. The global market is expected to reach nearly US $ 200 billion by 2025, with most of these funds coming directly out of consumers' pockets. Consumers are bombarded with misleading and false information on AM and therefore prone to making wrong, unwise, or dangerous therapeutic decisions, endangering their health and wasting their money. This book is a reference text aimed at guiding consumers through the maze of AM. This second edition includes over 50 additional treatments as well as updates on many others." - Provided by publisher

Notes

First edition: Alternative medicine : a critical assessment of 150 modalities

ISBN

9783031107092

9783031107108

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Author

Mills, Jude

Place of Publication

London, UK

Publisher

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

174 p. ; 23 cm

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Yoga

Neoplasms - therapy

Popular Work

ISBN

9781787756502

9781787756519

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ266 M657 2021

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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

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Editor

Savard, Josée

Caplette-Gingras, Aude

Casault, Lucie

Hains, Jennifer

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - psychology

Neoplasms - psychology

Anxiety - prevention & control

Anxiety - therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Psychotherapy, Group

ISBN

9783031071867

9783031071874

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Ernst, Edzard

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Complementary Medicine

Evidence Based Medicine

Popular Work

ISBN

9783030741570

9783030741587

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

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Editor

Kourti, Marianthi

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Publisher

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Autistic Disorder

Transgender Persons

Professional-Patient Relations

Social Support

Caregivers

Abstract

Contents:

Here comes trouble : autism and gender performance -- Beyond ?for your own good? : youth liberation, disability justice, and the importance of autonomy in the lives of autistic transgender children -- Autistic cognition and gender identity : real struggles and imaginary deficits -- Trans, autistic, and BIPOC : living at the intersections of autism, race, and gender diversity -- Autistic transgender and non-binary individuals : implications for practice at gender identity clinics -- Reflections on the spectra of autism and gender identity : considerations for professionals supporting autistic transgender and non-binary people -- Developing a good relationship with an autistic transgender or non-binary person as a professional -- Autism, gender variance and alexithymia : overlap, implications and recommendations for practice -- The resonant self : masking, scripting and precognition in autistic transgender and non-binary people -- Doing gender in my own terms : my life as an autistic transgender woman -- The experience of gender dysphoria in older autistic adults

ISBN

9781787750234

9781787750227

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Mir, Manzoor Ahmad

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

New York

Publisher

Nova Science Publishers

Publication Date

c2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Breast Neoplasms - therapy

Abstract

"This book highlights up-to-date and novel information with clinical aspects regarding breast cancer. It covers aspects ranging from epidemiology, biology, and molecular classification to currently available and potentially new therapeutic options for breast cancer. It highlights insights into breast cancer at the molecular level with a holistic approach to use combinational strategies involving various therapies for targeting different pathways involved in this particular malignancy. This book contains a range of latest resources, including schematic illustrations, recent reviews, and information for patients with breast cancer. Various novel biomarkers that are under clinical investigation will also be discussed in this book. Furthermore, the relapse and recurrence after treatment with various therapies presents a great problem, as it develops resistance to which combinational strategy may prove to be a promising approach, and in this book, we have discussed all the aspects of combination therapy in breast cancer. People including students, research scholars, educators, pharmaceutical professionals, clinicians, researchers, practitioners and patients as well as their family members will find this book very much useful." --publisher

ISBN

9781685071950

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Wathen, C. Nadine

Varcoe, Colleen

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

Toronto

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Publication Date

2023

Physical Description

xxiii, 368 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Stress Disorders, Traumatic

Stress disorders, Post-traumatic - therapy

Stress disorders, Post-traumatic - psychology

Psychotherapy - methods

Case Reports

ISBN

9781487529277

9781487529260

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Vancouver Library

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Editor

Grossman, Mary

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Oncology Nursing

Neoplasms - nursing

Models, Nursing

Nursing Care - methods

ISBN

9783031061004

9783031061011

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Edberg, Mark

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Burlington, MA

Publisher

Jones and Bartlett Learning

Publication Date

2023

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Essential public health

Subjects

Social Support

Healthcare Disparities

Health Services Accessibility

Social Medicine

Cultural Diversity

Developing Countries

ISBN

9781284226256

9781284226263

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Call Number

WA 395 E327 2023

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Author

Sak, Katrin

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Cancer etiology, diagnosis and treatments

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Flavonoids - therapeutic use

Nutrition Therapy

Popular Work

ISBN

9781685076085

9781685076986

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

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Editor

Leitner, Andrew

Chang, Christine

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Cancer treatment and research ; v. 182.

Subjects

Cancer Pain - therapy

Pain management

Abstract

Contents:

Part I: Background and Assessment of Cancer Pain, History and Epidemiology of Cancer Pain -- Cancer Pain Syndromes -- Cancer Treatment-Related Pain -- Cancer Pain Management: A European perspective -- Pain in the Cancer Survivor -- Part II: Pharmacologic Therapies, Opioid therapy in cancer pain -- Opioid related side effects and management -- Clinical implications of opioid therapy -- Non-Opioid Analgesics and Emerging Therapies -- Part III: Interventional and Locoregional Therapies, Palliative Radiation for Cancer Pain Management -- Ablation Techniques in Cancer Pain -- Interventional Treatments for Cancer Pain -- Peripheral nerve entrapments -- Intrathecal Analgesia in Cancer Pain -- Neurosurgical Treatments for Cancer Pain -- Part IV: Total Pain and Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation -- Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Pain -- Integrative Therapies in Cancer Pain.

ISBN

9783030815264

9783030815257

ISSN

0927-3042

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Alternate Title

Memory and Attention Adaptation Training (MAAT)

MAAT clinician manual

Author

Ferguson, Robert

Gillock, Karen

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment - therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - methods

Memory Disorders - therapy

Attention

Cancer Survivors

Abstract

Cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) may affect nearly half of all cancer survivors and can persist for years after completing cancer treatment. Memory and Attention Adaptation Training (MAAT) is a cognitive-behavioral therapy offering evidence-based, nonpharmacological treatment of this common survivorship condition. Organized into a session-by-session Clinician Manual and related Survivor Workbook, MAAT is conducted in eight treatment visits and has been demonstrated effective when delivered through telehealth technology, so survivors can readily fit MAAT into their busy lives. The MAAT Clinician Manual provides a clearly written summary of the scientific literature on CRCI and detailed guidance for each visit, including an agenda outline, in-depth discussion, and accompanying fidelity checklist in the appendix. Designed to be used in conjunction with the Survivor Workbook, the Clinician Manual also includes the full text of the workbook in a separate appendix, giving clinicians convenient one-volume access to the complete material. - Provided by publisher

Notes

Companion copy, Survivor Workbook, is available from the BC Cancer Library catalogue for patient use. See Appendix 3 in this volume for copy of workbook.

ISBN

9780197521588

9780197521571

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Oxford specialist handbooks in pain medicine

Subjects

Cancer Pain - prevention & control

Cancer Pain - therapy

Pain Measurement

Neoplasms - complications

ISBN

9780192635143

9780198865667

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Alternate Title

Memory and Attention Adaptation Training (MAAT)

Author

Ferguson, Robert

Gillock, Karen

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment - therapy

Memory Disorders - therapy

Attention

Cancer Survivors

Popular Work

ISBN

9780197521526

9780197521533

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

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Editor

Beck, Jorn D.

Bokemeyer, C. (Carsten)

Langer, Thorsten

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG

Publication Date

2020

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Child

Adolescent

Young Adult

Cancer Survivors

ISBN

9783030491383

9783030491406

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Solid, Craig A.

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG

Publication Date

2022

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Economics, Medical

Delivery of Health Care - economics

Health Care Costs

Medical Audit - methods

Decision Support Techniques

ISBN

3030951480

9783030951481

9783030951498

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Schneider, Dominik T.

Brecht, Ines B.

Olson, Thomas A.

Ferrari, Andrea

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG

Publication Date

c2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms

Child

Adolescent

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Early Detection of Cancer

Abstract

"This is the first book to be devoted exclusively to rare tumors in children and adolescents. The completely revised and updated second edition reflects the significant progress that has been accomplished as a result of intensified international networking, deeper implementation of novel diagnostic tools, and the advent of molecular targeted therapies. Readers will find practical guidance on all aspects of clinical management, including diagnostic workup, multimodal therapy, follow-up, and management of adverse effects. The discussion of differential diagnosis encompasses both frequent and rare tumor types, enabling clinicians to take rare entities into account during diagnostic assessment of childhood tumors. Detailed therapeutic recommendations, developed in an international consensus process, are provided for specific rare tumors. In addition, general issues such as epidemiology, etiology, risk factors, biology and genetics, early detection, and screening are fully covered. The book is written by an international and multidisciplinary group of specialists and will be an important compendium for all pediatric oncologists who care for patients with rare tumors." --publisher

ISBN

9783030920708

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Silbermann, Michael

Berger, Ann

Place of Publication

New York

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

c2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - psychology

Spiritual Therapies

Spirituality

Cultural Diversity

Religion and Medicine

Abstract

"With cancer ranking as the primary or secondary cause of premature death in almost 100 countries worldwide, the World Health Organization recognized a high level of investment in cancer control and treatment (including palliative care) in 2019. At that time, governments at the World Health Assembly (WHA) unanimously adopted a new cancer resolution (Universal Health Coverage: Moving Together to Build a Healthier World). The resolution noted the potential for cancer prevention to reduce cancer burden in the future, while reducing the suffering from cancer in the communities.As most countries are facing an overall increase in the absolute number of cancer cases, large geographical diversity in cancer occurrence and variations in the magnitude and profile of the disease still continue between and within world regions. Specific types of cancer dominate globally: lung, female breast, and colorectal cancer. The regional variations in common cancer types signal the extent to which societal, economic, and lifestyle changes interplay to differentially impact the profile of this most complex group of diseases.Although survival rates for cancer have improved significantly over the past few decades, for each individual, the diagnosis and treatment of cancer are still devastating, affecting the family and community as well. The care of a person with cancer must be more than just the treatment of the cancer itself. Understanding the cultural, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions of the cancer sufferer and their family and community will ensure the best care.In order to treat individuals with cancer and understand how to give the best possible care to underserved populations, we need to understand cultural diversity. Understanding that cultural aspects of a society may be intertwined with finances and other resources can improve adherence and access to care. Culture is made up of language, religion, cuisine, social norms, history, ancestry, music, arts, and spirituality. In order to improve cancer care outcomes, patients' diverse spiritual and cultural beliefs must be recognized. In addition, available methods must be utilized to improve access and adherence to treatment modalities and regimens.In this book, we focus on numerous diverse cultures, traditions, and faiths. Many parts of the world are composed of indigenous cultures, with unique spiritual beliefs in addition to the region's primary religion. We present chapters on indigenous religions as well as indigenous traditional healers. People everywhere experience trouble, sorrow, need, and sickness, and they develop skills and knowledge in response to these adversities. This book provides insightful models of these parameters and serves as a valuable resource for health care providers and policymakers by taking a global approach to cultural diversity in the world. By understanding this multiculturalism and the many aspects of psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions of health and healing, we can learn from one another." --publisher

ISBN

9780197551349

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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