The BC Cancer Library
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Topics include finding meaning; controlling pain; managing symptoms; forgoing medical treatment; hastening death; and talking to your doctor. Includes patient stories and photos.
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
"The doula approach to death offers opportunities to explore the meaning of a life and to convey that meaning through legacy work. Based on the model of care provided by birth doulas, it emphasized thoughtful planning for how the last days should look, sound, and feel ... and provides emotional and…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
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| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Library | 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…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.2 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.2 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.3 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr Missing | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency PG Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
A unique love story between a terminally ill man and the woman who found him on a dating website. He put his heart out there and she was lucky enough to find him. This book is their love story, from a first date to dealing with challenges that Michael's terminal cancer diagnosis brought them. Livin…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
...offers practical tools and guidance for caregivers, from health care professionals to family members. Drawing on inspiring true stories and their own professional expertise, the authors explore key issues including loss, suffering, spiritual care, dying well, caring well, and grieving. Reflectio…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
The first book to explore the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears. -- Provided by publisher.
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
This documentary introduces us to Stephen Jenkinson, once the leader of a palliative care counselling team at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. Through his daytime job, he has been at the deathbed of well over 1,000 people. What he sees over and over, he says, is "a wretched anxiety and an existentia…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
Diagnosed in 2014 with advanced lung cancer, Dr. Cynthia Chan shares her experience living with an incurable disease, and offers encouragement and support to other cancer patients.
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |