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Handbook for mortals : guidance for people facing serious illness

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Lynn, Joanne, Harrold, Joan. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 1999.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WB310 H236 1999

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Topics include finding meaning; controlling pain; managing symptoms; forgoing medical treatment; hastening death; and talking to your doctor. Includes patient stories and photos.

Author: Lynn, Joanne; Harrold, Joan

Corporate Author: Center to Improve Care of the Dying

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 1999

Subjects: Death - psychology; Terminally Ill - psychology; Attitude to Death; Terminal Care

Abstract: Topics include finding meaning; controlling pain; managing symptoms; forgoing medical treatment; hastening death; and talking to your doctor. Includes patient stories and photos.

ISBN: 0195146018; 9780195146011

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WB310 H236 1999

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Dying : a book of comfort

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Garden City, NY: GuildAmerica Books , 1996.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 D996 1996

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: McNees, Pat

Place of Publication: Garden City, NY

Publisher: GuildAmerica Books

Publication Date: 1996

Subjects: Terminally Ill - psychology; Loss; Bereavement; Grief; Attitude to Death; Anecdotes; Poetry; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 1568651570

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 D996 1996

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Dying well : peace and possibilities at the end of life

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Byock, Ira. New York, NY: Riverhead Books , 1997.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 B994 1997

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

Author: Byock, Ira

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Riverhead Books

Publication Date: 1997

Physical Description: xv, 299 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Death; Attitude to Death; Bereavement; Grief; Thanatology; Terminal Care; Case Reports

ISBN: 9781573226578; 1573226572

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: BF789 D4 B994 1997

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Art of dying : how to leave this world with dignity and grace, at peace with yourself and your loved ones

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Weenolsen, Patricia. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press , 1996.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 W397 1996

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Discusses coming to terms with the disease itself; managing pain; planning funerals; making peace with loved ones; deciding about terminal care; and learning what the final experience of death is like. Although the author argues the pros and cons of euthanasia and belief in an afterlife, her obviou…

Author: Weenolsen, Patricia

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Publication Date: 1996

Subjects: Death - psychology; Terminally Ill - psychology; Loss - psychology

Abstract: Discusses coming to terms with the disease itself; managing pain; planning funerals; making peace with loved ones; deciding about terminal care; and learning what the final experience of death is like. Although the author argues the pros and cons of euthanasia and belief in an afterlife, her obvious bias in favour of both may be off-putting to some readers.

ISBN: 0312167768; 9780312167769

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 W397 1996

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Facing death : conversations with cancer patients

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McLean, Gill L. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone , 1993.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: BF789 M163 1993

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: McLean, Gill L

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

Publication Date: 1993

Subjects: Attitude to Death - personal narratives; Neoplasms - psychology- personal narratives; Patients - psychology - personal narratives

ISBN: 0443046670

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 M163 1993

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Year to live : how to live this year as if it were your last

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Levine, Stephen. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press , 1997.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 L665y 1997

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Levine, Stephen

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Three Rivers Press

Publication Date: 1997

Physical Description: viii, 175 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Terminally Ill - psychology; Mindfulness; Spirituality; Life Change Events; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780609801949

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 L665y 1997

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Parenting with wit and wisdom in times of chaos and loss

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Coloroso, Barbara. [Toronto, ON]: Viking , 1999.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 G7 C722 1999

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Coloroso, Barbara

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Viking

Publication Date: 1999

Physical Description: 271 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Grief; Bereavement; Parent-Child Relations; Death; Child; Adolescent; Family - psychology; Parenting; Life Change Events; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780670886227; 067088622X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 G7 C722 1999

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You hold me and I'll hold you

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Carson, Jo, Cannon, Annie. New York, NY: Orchard Books , 1992.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C5 C321 1992

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

When a great-aunt dies, a young child finds comfort in being held and in holding too

Author: Carson, Jo; Cannon, Annie

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Orchard Books

Publication Date: 1992

Physical Description: ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Death; Bereavement; Grief; Family Relations; Funeral Rites; Juvenile Literature

Abstract: When a great-aunt dies, a young child finds comfort in being held and in holding too

ISBN: 9780531058954; 0531058956

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 C5 C321 1992

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Denial of death

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Becker, Ernest. New York, NY: Free Press Paperbacks , 1997.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 B395 1997

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

"Addresses the issue of mortality discussing how humans universally share a fear of death and examines the theories of leading thinkers on this subject including Freud, Rank, and Kierkegaard." -- Provided by publisher

Author: Becker, Ernest

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Free Press Paperbacks

Publication Date: 1997

Physical Description: xxii, 314 p. ; 22 cm

Subjects: Death - psychology; Attitude to Death; Heroes - psychology; Popular Work

Abstract: "Addresses the issue of mortality discussing how humans universally share a fear of death and examines the theories of leading thinkers on this subject including Freud, Rank, and Kierkegaard." -- Provided by publisher

ISBN: 0684832402

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 D4 B395 1997

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Challenge for living : dying, death and bereavement

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[Boston, MA]: Jones and Bartlett Publishers , 1995.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: BF789 C437 1995

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Corless, Inge B; Germino, Barbara B; Pittman, Mary A

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers

Publication Date: 1995

Subjects: Death - popular works; Bereavement - popular works; Terminal Care - popular works; Thanatology

ISBN: 0867208171

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 C437 1995

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Time to grieve : meditations for healing after the death of a loved one

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Staudacher, Carol. San Francisco, Ca.: HarperSanFrancisco , 1994.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 S798t 1994

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Staudacher, Carol

Place of Publication: San Francisco, Ca.

Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco

Publication Date: 1994

Subjects: Grief - popular works; Bereavement - popular works; Death - psychology - popular works; Meditation - popular works

ISBN: 0062508458

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 S798t 1994

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A Child is still a child : adult perceptions of children with a parent with advanced cancer

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Lindfield, Sheila. [Burnaby, BC]: Sheila Daykin Lindfield , 1995.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 L745 1995

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Lindfield, Sheila

Place of Publication: [Burnaby, BC]

Publisher: Sheila Daykin Lindfield

Publication Date: 1995

Subjects: Parent-Child Relations; Neoplasms - psychology; Attitude to Death - in infancy & childhood; Bereavement - in infancy & childhood

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Thesis

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201 L745 1995

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Dying at home : a family guide for caregiving

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Sankar, Andrea. Baltimore, md.: Johns Hopkins University Press , 1991.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 S227 1991

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Includes information about bringing the dying person home; solving problems of caregiving; community support; social support; the well-being of the caregiver; how death occurs; and grieving after the loved one?s death. Includes stories from people who have cared for a dying person.

Author: Sankar, Andrea

Place of Publication: Baltimore, md.

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Date: 1991

Subjects: Bereavement - popular works; Grief - popular works; Death - popular works; Terminal Care - popular works; Home Care Services - popular works; Attitude to Death - popular works

Abstract: Includes information about bringing the dying person home; solving problems of caregiving; community support; social support; the well-being of the caregiver; how death occurs; and grieving after the loved one?s death. Includes stories from people who have cared for a dying person.

ISBN: 0801842301; 9780801842306

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 S227 1991

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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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Surviving death : stories of grief

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Murray, Elizabeth. Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada , 1998.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 G3 S963 1998

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Murray, Elizabeth

Place of Publication: Montreal, QC

Publisher: National Film Board of Canada

Publication Date: 1998

Physical Description: 48 minutes

Subjects: Grief - personal narratives - DVD; Grief - popular works - DVD; Death - psychology - popular works - DVD; Bereavement - popular works - DVD; Loss - psychology - popular works - DVD; Life Change Events - popular works - DVD

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF575 G3 S963 1998

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Learning to say good-bye : when a parent dies

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LeShan, Eda. New York, NY: MacMillan Publishing Company , 1977.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 C5 L629 1977

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Discusses the questions, fears and fantasies many children experience when a parent or someone close to them dies

Alternate Title: Learning to say good-by : when a child's parent dies

Author: LeShan, Eda

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company

Publication Date: 1977

Subjects: Death; Attitude to Death; Bereavement; Parent-Child Relations; Juvenile Literature

Abstract: Discusses the questions, fears and fantasies many children experience when a parent or someone close to them dies

ISBN: 002756360X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: BF575 C5 L629 1977

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