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Delivering high-quality cancer care : charting a new course for a system in crisis

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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2013.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ266 D355 2013

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Contents:; The Current Cancer Care Landscape: An Imperative for Change -- Patient-Centered Communication and Shared Decision Making -- The Workforce Caring for Patients with Cancer -- The Evidence Base for High-Quality Cancer Care -- A Learning Health Care Information Technology System for Cancer -…

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Editor: Levit, Laura A.; Balogh, Erin P.; Nass, Sharyl J.

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: xxviii, 384 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasms - diagnosis; Quality of Health Care; Patient-Centered Care; Evidence-Based Practice; Medical Informatics

Abstract: Contents:; The Current Cancer Care Landscape: An Imperative for Change -- Patient-Centered Communication and Shared Decision Making -- The Workforce Caring for Patients with Cancer -- The Evidence Base for High-Quality Cancer Care -- A Learning Health Care Information Technology System for Cancer -- Translating Evidence into Practice, Measuring Quality, and Improving Performance -- Accessible and Affordable Cancer Care -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: Committee Member and Staff Biographies

ISBN: 9780309286602

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library; Internet

Call Number: QZ266 D355 2013

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Improving palliative care for cancer

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National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2001.

Audience: Professional

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Corporate Author: National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.)

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2001

Subjects: Palliative Care; Terminal Care; Neoplasms - therapy; Quality Assurance, Health Care; African Americans; Education, Professional; Financing, Government; Health Services Accessibility; Practice Guideline; Practice Guidelines as Topic

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Integrating physical activity into cancer care : an evidence-based approach

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Oncology Nursing Society. Pittsburgh, PA: Oncology Nursing Society , 2016.

Audience: Professional

Contents:; Physical activity and cancer survival -- Promoting physical activity for cancer survivors -- FITT principle for physical activity -- Assessing readiness for physical activity -- Assessing readiness for physical activity : physical -- Considerations -- Evaluating tolerance and adherence t…

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Corporate Author: Oncology Nursing Society

Editor: Bernardo, Lisa Marie; Becker, Betsy J.

Place of Publication: Pittsburgh, PA

Publisher: Oncology Nursing Society

Publication Date: 2016

Series: Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects: Exercise therapy - methods; Neoplasms - therapy; Evidence-Based Practice; Motor Activity; Physical therapy modalities; Nurses Instruction

Abstract: Contents:; Physical activity and cancer survival -- Promoting physical activity for cancer survivors -- FITT principle for physical activity -- Assessing readiness for physical activity -- Assessing readiness for physical activity : physical -- Considerations -- Evaluating tolerance and adherence to physical activity -- Physical activity for cancer-related fatigue -- Physical activity for cognitive functioning -- Physical activity for cancer-related pain -- Physical activity for promoting sleep -- Physical activity for chronic cancer-related conditions -- Physical activity for metastatic and end-of-life conditions -- Physical activity and cancer survival : future directions -- Support groups and resources.

ISBN: 9781935864912

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Handbook of supportive oncology and palliative care : whole-person adult and pediatric care

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New York, NY: Demos Medical Publishing , 2019.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ266 H236 2019

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

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Editor: Berger, Ann M.; Hinds, Pamela S.; Puchalski, Christina M.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing

Publication Date: 2019

Physical Description: xvi, 326 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Series: Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasms - complications; Pain management; Palliative Care - methods; Evidence-Based Medicine; Adult; Child

ISBN: 9780826128249; 9780826128287

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet; Kelowna Library

Call Number: QZ266 H236 2019

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Chapter 3: Reports on value-for-money audits : cancer treatment services

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Office of the Auditor General of Ontario. [Toronto, ON]: Office of the Auditor General of Ontario , 2017.

Audience: Professional

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Alternate Title: Ministry of health and long-term care : cancer treatment services

Corporate Author: Office of the Auditor General of Ontario

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Office of the Auditor General of Ontario

Publication Date: 2017

Series: Reports on value-for-money audits, sec 3.02; Office of the Auditor General of Ontario 2017 annual report, v.1

Subjects: Medical Audit; Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasms - economics; Delivery of Health Care; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Cancer Care Ontario; Ontario

Notes: The report, Sec. 3.02 Cancer treatment services, is one of the Chapter 3 Reports on Value-for-Money Audits from the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario 2017 annual report, vol.1.

Language: English

Material Type: Report; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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From cancer patient to cancer survivor : lost in transition

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Hewitt, Maria, Greenfield, Sheldon, Stovall, Ellen. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2005.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ266 F931 2005

Availability: 2 copies, 1 available

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Author: Hewitt, Maria; Greenfield, Sheldon; Stovall, Ellen

Corporate Author: National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Committee on Cancer Survivorship : Improving Care and Quality of Life

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: 17 minutes

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - therapy; Continuity of Patient Care; Quality of Health Care; Survival Rate; Survivors; United States

ISBN: 0309095956

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ266 F931 2005

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From cancer patient to cancer survivor : lost in transition

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Hewitt, Maria, Greenfield, Sheldon, Stovall, Ellen. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2005.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ266 F931 2005

Availability: 5 copies, 4 available

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Author: Hewitt, Maria; Greenfield, Sheldon; Stovall, Ellen

Corporate Author: National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Committee on Cancer Survivorship : Improving Care and Quality of Life

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: xxv, 506 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - therapy; Continuity of Patient Care; Quality of Health Care; Survival Rate; Survivors; United States

ISBN: 0309095956

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ266 F931 2005

Website Notes: Downloadable PDF available from website.

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Supportive care in cancer therapy

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Totowa, NJ: Humana Press , 2009.

Audience: Professional

Management of dyspnea; Skeletal metastases : optimal management today; Cancer pain; Anorexia and cachexia; Fatigue; Pathogenesis and management of venous; Thromboembolism in cancer patients; Depression in cancer patients; Anemia; Neutropenia; Nausea and nomiting; Oral mucositis; Diarrhea and consti…

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Editor: Ettinger, David S

Place of Publication: Totowa, NJ

Publisher: Humana Press

Publication Date: 2009

Series: Proquest Ebook Central; Cancer drug discovery and development

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - complications; Patient Care - psychology; Quality of Life - psychology

Abstract: Management of dyspnea; Skeletal metastases : optimal management today; Cancer pain; Anorexia and cachexia; Fatigue; Pathogenesis and management of venous; Thromboembolism in cancer patients; Depression in cancer patients; Anemia; Neutropenia; Nausea and nomiting; Oral mucositis; Diarrhea and constipation : supportive oncology management; Menopausal symptoms; Supportive care of the older cancer patient; Integrative cncology : complementary therapies in cancer care; End-of-life decisions

ISBN: 9781588299413 (alk. paper); 1588299414 (alk. paper); 9781597452915 (e-ISBN)

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Cancer management guidelines

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BC Cancer Agency. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency

Audience: Professional

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Continues / Continued By: Cancer treatment policies

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Agency

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Practice Guideline; BC Cancer Agency; BCCA

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/health-professionals/professional-resources/cancer-management-guidelines

Complementary and integrative medicine in cancer care and prevention : foundations and evidence-based interventions

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New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company , 2007.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ266 C736m 2007

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

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Editor: Micozzi, Marc S

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xxiii, 478 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series: R2 Library

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Complementary Therapies - methods

ISBN: 978026103055; 0826103057

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Internet

Call Number: QZ266 C736m 2007

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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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Medical and psychosocial care of the cancer survivor

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Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett , 2010.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 M488m 2010

Availability: 6 copies, 5 available

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Editor: Miller, Kenneth D

Place of Publication: Sudbury, MA

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: xxi, 479 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: R2 Library

Subjects: Neoplasms - rehabilitation; Neoplasms - complications; Neoplasms - psychology; Survivors; Quality of Life; Neoplasms - therapy

Notes: CN Library copy housed in the UHNBC Library

ISBN: 9780763757700; 0763757705; 9781449617981

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Library; Surrey Library; Victoria Library; Abbotsford Library; CN Library; Internet

Call Number: QZ200 M488m 2010

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Starving cancer cells : evidence based strategies to slow cancer progression : a selection of readings for health services providers

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Fried, Robert, Carlton, Richard M., Fried, Dennis A. London, UK: Academic Press , 2021.

Audience: Professional

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Author: Fried, Robert; Carlton, Richard M.; Fried, Dennis A.

Place of Publication: London, UK

Publisher: Academic Press

Publication Date: 2021

Series: EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasms - prevention & control; Technology

ISBN: 9780128240137; 9780128241349

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Cancer survivorship sourcebook

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Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics , 2020. 3rd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

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.

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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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Cancer survivorship sourcebook

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Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics , 2017. 2nd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

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 …

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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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