Author

Fitzgerald, Dave

LaCroix, Darren

Place of Publication

Auburn, MA

Publisher

Humor Institute, Inc.

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

40 minutes

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Survivors

Wit and Humor

Popular Work

Abstract

April 16, 2008: This video is the same as ID# 4281 "Living and laughing with cancer...", title changed as per publisher.

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ201 F553h 2007

Copies

Author

Goodheart, Annette

Place of Publication

Santa Barbara, CA

Publisher

Goodheart Inc.

Publication Date

1990

Physical Description

colour ; 105 minutes

Subjects

Wit and Humor

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BD431 G651a 1990

Copies

Author

Goodheart, Annette

Place of Publication

Santa Barbara, CA

Publisher

Goodheart Inc.

Publication Date

1988

Physical Description

colour ; 60 minutes

Subjects

Wit and Humor

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BD431 G651 1988

Copies

Author

Clifford, Christine

Place of Publication

Duluth, MN

Publisher

Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers

Publication Date

1996

Physical Description

110 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Wit and Humor

Mental Healing

Popular Work

ISBN

1570251207

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ266 C637 1996

Copies

Author

Yalom, Irvin D

Place of Publication

San Francisco, CA

Publisher

Jossey-Bass

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

viii, 306 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Death - psychology

Attitude to Death

Fear

Anxiety

Psychotherapy

Popular Work

ISBN

9780470401811

0470401818

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Kelowna Library

Call Number

BF789 D4 Y19 2009

Copies

Alternate Title

One man. One ball. One hour. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to perform a self-exam

Author

Lobel, Brian

Bordelon, Margot

Place of Publication

Chicago, IL

Publisher

Brian Lobel

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

70 minutes

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Testicular Neoplasms - psychology

Wit and Humor

Popular Work

Abstract

Includes a one-page insert titled "Ball in a nutshell : a few principles for future doctors (and others) featured in the performance

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 L797 2006

Copies

Author

Buchanan, Sue

Place of Publication

Grand Rapids, MI

Publisher

Zondervan Publishing House

Publication Date

1994

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Wit and Humor

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

Formerly titled "Love, laughter, and a high disregard for statistics"

ISBN

0310224551 (pbk.)

9780310224556

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 B918 1998

Copies

Author

Veninga, Robert L

Place of Publication

[Boston, MA]

Publisher

Little, Brown and Co.

Publication Date

1985

Subjects

Grief

Death

Attitude to Death

Popular Work

ISBN

0316899046

034541036X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

HQ1412 V461 1985

Copies

Author

McClelland, Hugh

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

DreamMaker Studio

Publication Date

2004

Physical Description

15 minutes

Subjects

Wit and Humor

Mental Healing

Relaxation Techniques

Laughter Therapy

Imagery

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Audio

CD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library Relax

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ266 M126 2004

Copies

Author

Robinson, Vera M

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Thorofare, NJ

Publisher

Slack Incorporated

Publication Date

1991

Subjects

Wit and Humor

ISBN

1556421419

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Kelowna Library

Call Number

WZ305 R666 1991

Copies

Author

Marchetto, Marisa Acocella

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

New York ; Toronto

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

211 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Neoplasms

Graphic Novels

Cartoons

Personal Narratives

Biography

Wit and Humor

Popular Work

Abstract

Comic book memoir of author's experience with breast cancer.

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022 (F0002623)

ISBN

9780676978247 (Toronto)

0307263576 (alk. paper)

067697824X (Toronto)

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 M317 2006

Copies

Author

Fies, Brian

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Abrams Image

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

114 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.

Subjects

Lung Neoplasms

Family Relations

Neoplasm Metastasis

Cartoons

Wit and Humor

Social Support

Popular Work

Abstract

Graphic novel about one family's struggle with metastatic lung cancer

ISBN

9780810958401

0810958406

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WF658 F466 2006

Copies

Author

McGraw, Robert

Place of Publication

Mission, KS

Publisher

SkillPath Publications

Publication Date

c1995

Physical Description

iv, 68 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Series

SkillPath handbook series

Subjects

Wit and Humor

Communication

Workplace

ISBN

9781878542403

1878542400

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BF637 L3 M147 1995

Copies

Author

Kerr, Christopher

Mardorossian, Carine

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Avery

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

248 p. ; 22 cm

Subjects

Dreams - psychology

Terminally Ill - psychology

Attitude to Death

Popular Work

Abstract

The first book to explore the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears. -- Provided by publisher.

Notes

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

ISBN

9780525542841

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BF789 D4 K477 2020

Copies

Author

Brown, Janie

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Doubleday Canada

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

xxii, 282 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Philosophy

Terminally Ill

Attitude to Death

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780385694735

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 B877 2020

Website Notes

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

Copies

Author

Engelberg, Miriam

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Harper

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

xiii, 126 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Neoplasms

Cartoons

Wit and Humor

Social Support

Personal Narratives

Pictorial Works

Biography

Abstract

A cartoonist examines her experience with breast cancer in an irreverent and humourous graphic memoir

ISBN

9780060789732

0060789735

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WP870 E58c 2006

Copies

Author

Kessler, David

Edition

10th anniversary ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

xxi, 224 p. ; 20 cm.

Subjects

Death

Terminally Ill - psychology

Terminal Care

Attitude to Death

Adaptation, Psychological

Family Relations

Popular Work

Notes

Previously published as Rights of the dying

ISBN

9780061137594

0061137596

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 K42 2007

Copies

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.

Copies

Editor

Webb, Nancy Boyd

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Guilford Press

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

xxiv, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Bereavement

Counseling

Grief

Attitude to Death

Family Relations

Psychotherapy

Stress Disorders, Traumatic

Infant

Child

ISBN

9781606235973

1606235974

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BF575 H483w 2010

Copies

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

Website Notes

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