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Understanding BRCA : living with the breast cancer gene

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Foster, Clarissa. London, UK: Hammersmith Health Books , 2017.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 F754 2017

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Foster, Clarissa

Place of Publication: London, UK

Publisher: Hammersmith Health Books

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: xviii, 325 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome; Genes, BRCA1; Genes, BRCA2; Neoplasms - etiology; Neoplasms - psychology; Genetic Counseling; Genetic Testing; Genetic Carrier Screening; Risk Factors; Risk Reduction Behavior; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 9781781611203; 1781611203

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: WP870 F754 2017

Website Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Hoping, coping and moping : handling life when illness make it tough

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Jevne, Ronna Fay. Los Angeles, Ca.: Health Information Press , 2000.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WM172 J58h 2000

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Offers practical, sometimes humorous, suggestions for moving beyond self-pity and towards feeling better. Discusses the effects physical suffering and illness have on your body, mood, energy, emotions, spirit, loved ones and overall quality of life.

Author: Jevne, Ronna Fay

Place of Publication: Los Angeles, Ca.

Publisher: Health Information Press

Publication Date: 2000

Subjects: Hope - popular works; Attitude to Health - popular works; Sick Role; Psychotherapy

Abstract: Offers practical, sometimes humorous, suggestions for moving beyond self-pity and towards feeling better. Discusses the effects physical suffering and illness have on your body, mood, energy, emotions, spirit, loved ones and overall quality of life.

ISBN: 188598720X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WM172 J58h 2000

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Coping with the psychological effects of illness : strategies to manage anxiety and depression

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Smith, Fran, Eriksen, Carina, Bor, Robert. London, UK: Sheldon Press , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WM172 S647 2015

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Smith, Fran; Eriksen, Carina; Bor, Robert

Place of Publication: London, UK

Publisher: Sheldon Press

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 114 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Disease - psychology; Neoplasms - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Anxiety - therapy; Depression - therapy; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Resilience; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781847093431

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WM172 S647 2015

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Adolescents with cancer : their experience living with a chronic illness

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Rechner, Mona Gale. [Vancouver, BC?]: University of British Columbia , 1989.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 R297 1989

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Rechner, Mona Gale

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: University of British Columbia

Publication Date: 1989

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Adolescent; Chronic Disease; Adaptation, Psychological

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Thesis

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ200 R297 1989

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Evidence-based cancer care and prevention : behavioral interventions

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New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company , 2003.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 E936 2003

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Editor: Given, Charles W

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Publication Date: 2003

Physical Description: xiii, 434 p. ; 24 cm

Subjects: Neoplasms - prevention & control; Behavior Therapy - methods; Evidence-Based Medicine; Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasms - psychology; Self Care; Smoking Cessation

ISBN: 0826115748

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: QZ200 E936 2003

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InspireHealth's evidence-based cancer prevention guide : lay language summaries of scientific information about cancer prevention : before and after diagnosis

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InspireHealth. [Vancouver, BC?]: InspireHealth , 2010?.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ200 I59 2010

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Corporate Author: InspireHealth

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: InspireHealth

Publication Date: 2010?

Physical Description: 56 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - prevention & control; Behavior Therapy - methods; Evidence-Based Medicine; Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasms - psychology; Self Care; InspireHealth; Popular Work

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ200 I59 2010

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Biological psychiatry of cancer and cancer treatment

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Hodgkiss, Andrew. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press , 2016.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 H689 2016

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Contents:; Introduction to cancer biology -- Introduction to biological and molecular psychiatry -- Introduction to clinical neuropsychiarty -- Psychiatric consequences of particular cancers -- Psychiatric consequences of cancer treatments: surgery and radiotherapy -- Psychiatric consequences of ca…

Author: Hodgkiss, Andrew

Place of Publication: Oxford, UK

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2016

Physical Description: xvii, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - therapy; Mental disorders - etiology; Mental Disorders - prevention & control; Psycho-Oncology

Abstract: Contents:; Introduction to cancer biology -- Introduction to biological and molecular psychiatry -- Introduction to clinical neuropsychiarty -- Psychiatric consequences of particular cancers -- Psychiatric consequences of cancer treatments: surgery and radiotherapy -- Psychiatric consequences of cancer treatments: conventional chemotherapy -- Psychiatric consequences of cancer treatments: hormone and cytokine treatments -- Psychiatric consequences of cancer treatments: ?small molecule? molecularly targeted agents -- Psychiatric consequences of cancer treatments: therapeutic monoclonal antibodies -- Opportunities for prevention, or early detection, or psychopathology -- Clinical psychiatric assessment of patients with cancer.

ISBN: 9780198759911

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ200 H689 2016

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Tumor

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Leahy, Anna. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic , 2017.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ200 L434 2017

Availability: 2 copies, 1 available

Alternate Title: Object lessons

Author: Leahy, Anna

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: 147 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.

Series: Object lessons

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - therapy; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Medical Oncology; Medicine in Literature; Terminology as Topic

ISBN: 9781501323300

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ200 L434 2017

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When the world dropped in on me

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Weimer, Candace. Regina, SK: DriverWorks Ink , 2011.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 W422 2011

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

Alternate Title: When the world dropped in on me : a personal and unusual guide to help cancer patients and their caregivers survive cancer

Author: Weimer, Candace

Place of Publication: Regina, SK

Publisher: DriverWorks Ink

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: 119 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Primary Myelofibrosis - psychology; Stem Cell Transplantation; Survivors; Caregivers; Adaptation, Psychological; Autobiography

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 9780981039480

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 W422 2011

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Malignant metaphor : confronting cancer myths

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Mitchell, Alanna. [Toronto, ON]: ECW Press , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 M681 2015

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Mitchell, Alanna

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: ECW Press

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 207 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasms - psychology; Attitude to Health; Attitude to Death; Emotions; Metaphor; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781770412682; 9781770413894

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 M681 2015

Website Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Health state descriptions for Canadians : cancers

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[Ottawa, ON]: Statistics Canada , 2006.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 H434e 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

The series is primarily intended to document the disease classifications used in the Population Health Impact of Disease in Canada (PHI) research program and help researchers to understand how the PHI estimates were calculated. It is also of interest to health professionals, advocacy groups, and in…

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Editor: Evans, William K

Place of Publication: [Ottawa, ON]

Publisher: Statistics Canada

Publication Date: 2006

Series: Health state descriptions for Canadians

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - diagnosis; Neoplasms - epidemiology - Canada; Neoplasms - rehabilitation; Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasm Staging; Activities of Daily Living; Health Status - Canada; Cost of Illness - Canada; Quality of Life; Risk Factors; Prognosis; Attitude to Health; Classification and Measurement System of Functional Health (CLAMES)

Abstract: The series is primarily intended to document the disease classifications used in the Population Health Impact of Disease in Canada (PHI) research program and help researchers to understand how the PHI estimates were calculated. It is also of interest to health professionals, advocacy groups, and individual Canadians who are looking for an overview of how living with cancer affects day-to-day functioning throughout its various stages of progression and treatment."

ISBN: 0662696182

ISSN: 1718-4630

Language: English; French

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ200 H434e 2006

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Cancer and sexual health

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New York, NY: Humana Press , 2011.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 C218m 2011

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Editor: Mulhall, John P

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Humana Press

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: xviii, 783 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Series: Current clinical urology

Subjects: Neoplasms - complications; Neoplasms - psychology; Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological - etiology; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological - therapy; Sexual Behavior; Sexuality

ISBN: 9781607619154

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: QZ200 C218m 2011

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Rhythmic language of health and disease

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Rider, Mark. [St. Louis, MO]: MMB Music, Inc. , 1997.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W61 R544 1997

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Rider, Mark

Place of Publication: [St. Louis, MO]

Publisher: MMB Music, Inc.

Publication Date: 1997

Subjects: Holistic Health; Alternative Medicine; Health

ISBN: 1581060009

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: W61 R544 1997

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How to be a friend to a friend who's sick

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Pogrebin, Letty Cottin. Philadelphia, PA: PublicAffairs , 2013.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 P746 2013

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Pogrebin, Letty Cottin

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: xiii, 283 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Interpersonal Relations; Friends; Social Support; Helping Behavior; Communication; Caregivers; Disease - psychology; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781610393744; 9781610392839

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 P746 2013

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From whispers to shouts : the ways we talk about cancer

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Schattner, Elaine. New York: Columbia University Press , 2023.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 S312 2023

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Schattner, Elaine

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Publication Date: 2023

Physical Description: xiv, 360 p. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - history; Attitude to Health; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780231192262

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Status: Processing

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ201 S312 2023

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The undying : pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care

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Boyer, Anne. New York, NY: Picador , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 B791 2019

Availability: 7 copies, 7 available

Author: Boyer, Anne

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Picador

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: 308 pages ; 19 cm

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasms - psychology; Patients - psychology; Attitude to Health; Attitude to Death; Politics; Popular Work; Personal Narratives

Notes: Some copies were purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN: 9781250757982

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: WP870 B791 2019

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