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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Alternate Title

Quick and healthy : fifty simple delicious recipes for every day

Quick & healthy : 50 simple delicious recipes for every day

Quick & healthy : fifty simple delicious recipes for every day

Corporate Author

American Cancer Society

Place of Publication

Atlanta, GA

Publisher

American Cancer Society

Publication Date

2020

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - diet therapy

Cookbook

Popular Work

ISBN

9781604432626

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ266 N9 A512 2020

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Author

Wolfelt, Alan D.

Place of Publication

Fort Collins, CO

Publisher

Companion

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Words of hope and healing

Subjects

Grief

Bereavement

Writing

Popular Work

ISBN

9781617223051

9781617223068

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

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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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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Author

Donaghey, Veronica

Bernal, Jane

Place of Publication

[United States]

Publisher

EBookIt.com

Publication Date

2018

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Books beyond words

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Patients - psychology

Persons with Mental Disabilities

Communication aids for disabled

Pictorial Works

Popular Work

Abstract

"This book has been designed to help cancer patients, especially those with intellectual disabilities, or who understand pictures better than words, to understand what is happening to them. It explains the sequence of events from experiencing symptoms, going to the GP, being referred to hospital and having an X-ray, common cancer treatments and their side-effects, and recovery. It can be used to start talking about the difficult feelings involved as well as to give practical information. The pictures are in sequence and can be used either by way of preparation or as a way of helping the patient make sense of what has already happened. Using this book while you are giving information will enable the patient to ask appropriate questions, and help obtain truly informed consent" -- p. 65

Notes

First published in print in the UK 2002 by St George?s Hospital Medical School and Gaskell.

ISBN

9781874439660

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Author

Weber, Jill P.

Place of Publication

Oakland, CA

Publisher

New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Stress (Psychology)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - methods

Anxiety

Mindfulness

Popular Work

Abstract

"Brain fog-that feeling of being overstimulated and stressed to the point where it affects the ability to focus, concentrate, or communicate effectively-is a very real issue for many people. The prolonged stress and anxiety that lead to brain fog can decrease motivation, passion, and even one's sense of self-worth. This book presents proven-effective skills from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and neuroscience, and offers readers ten powerful and accessible approaches for cutting through the haze and reclaiming control"-- Provided by publisher

ISBN

9781684039944

9781684039968

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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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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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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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

Katz, Anne

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Routledge

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

xii, 180 p. ; 23 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Body Image

Sexuality

Female

Sexual Behavior

Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological

Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological

Sex Counseling

Sexual Partners

Psychosexual Development

Libido

Communication

Patient Education

Fertility

Popular Work

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN

9780367548360

9780367544997

9781000228113

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

QZ200 K19w 2020

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