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Answering consumer health questions : the Medical Library Association guide for reference librarians

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog16636
Spatz, Michele. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers , 2008.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
Z675 M4 S63 2008
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Spatz, Michele
Corporate Author
Medical Library Association
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Neal-Schuman Publishers
Publication Date
2008
Physical Description
xiv, 142 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Libraries, Medical
Health Education
Consumer Health Information
United States
ISBN
9781555709326
1555706320
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
Z675 M4 S63 2008

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Data standards and data dictionary : record layout version 7 and changed data dictionary entries only

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog4419
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. Sacramento, CA: North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) , 1998. 3rd ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ200 D232 1998 PT.2
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Changed data dictionary entries only April 13, 1998
Corporate Author
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
Editor
Seiffert, Jennifer E
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Sacramento, CA
Publisher
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
Publication Date
1998
Physical Description
viii, 28 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
Standards for cancer registries 2
Subjects
Data Collection - standards
Registries - standards
Neoplasms
Statistics
United States
Abstract
Changed data dictionary entries only April 13, 1998
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ200 D232 1998 PT.2

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Data standards and data dictionary : record layout version 6

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog6276
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. Sacramento, CA: North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) , 1998. 3rd ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ200 D232 1998 PT.1
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Corporate Author
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
Editor
Seiffert, Jennifer E
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Sacramento, CA
Publisher
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
Publication Date
1998
Physical Description
xi, 246 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
Standards for cancer registries 2
Subjects
Data Collection - standards
Registries - standards
Neoplasms
Statistics
United States
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ200 D232 1998 PT.1

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Cancerland : a medical memoir

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121357
Scadden, David, D'Antonio, Michael. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books | St. Martin's Press , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ21 S277 2018
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Author
Scadden, David
D'Antonio, Michael
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
St. Martin's Press
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
308 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill.(chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Oncologists
Neoplasms - therapy
Stem Cell Research
United States
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
ISBN
9781250092755
9781250092779
1250092752
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ21 S277 2018

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Reference levels and achievable doses in medical and dental imaging : recommendations for the United States

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20838
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. [Bethesda, MD]: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements , 2012.
Audience
Professional
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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
2012
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
NCRP report 172
Ebrary books
Subjects
Diagnostic Imaging - adverse effects
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Protection - standards
Radiation Injuries - prevention & control
Practice Guideline
United States
ISBN
9780983545026
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
This Proquest title is licensed for ONE BC Cancer staff user at a time. If you are denied access while on a network computer, please try again later.
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Legal and ethical issues for health professionals

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122476
Pozgar, George D. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning , 2020. 5th ed.
Audience
Professional
Contents:; Introduction to ethics -- Contemporart ethical dilemmas -- End-of-life dilemmas -- Health care ethics committee -- Development of law -- Introduction to law -- Government ethics and the law -- Oganizational ethics and the law -- Health care professional legal-ethical issues -- Physician?…
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Author
Pozgar, George D.
Edition
5th ed
Place of Publication
Burlington, MA
Publisher
Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication Date
2020
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Legislation, Medical
Ethics, Clinical
Health Personnel - ethics
Patient rights
United States
Abstract
Contents:
Introduction to ethics -- Contemporart ethical dilemmas -- End-of-life dilemmas -- Health care ethics committee -- Development of law -- Introduction to law -- Government ethics and the law -- Oganizational ethics and the law -- Health care professional legal-ethical issues -- Physician?s ethical and legal issues -- Employee rights and responsibilitues -- Patient consent -- Patient abuse -- Patient rights and responsibilities -- Summary case : search for truth.
ISBN
1284144186
9781284144185
9781284144192
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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American Indian health and nursing

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121362
New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC , 2016.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WY107 A512 2016
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Table of contents:; Pre-contact indigenous North America -- Post-contact, sovereignty, and health -- The roots of American Indian nursing -- The Indian health system and nursing -- Indigenous knowledge and traditional approaches to health and healing -- AIAN elders : mapping cultural areas and regi…
Editor
Moss, Margaret P.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company, LLC
Publication Date
2016
Physical Description
xiii, 400 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Transcultural Nursing
Cultural Competency
Minority Health
Education, Nursing
First Nations
United States
Abstract
Table of contents:
Pre-contact indigenous North America -- Post-contact, sovereignty, and health -- The roots of American Indian nursing -- The Indian health system and nursing -- Indigenous knowledge and traditional approaches to health and healing -- AIAN elders : mapping cultural areas and regional variances in health -- Northeast woodlands -- Southeast woodlands -- Southwest -- Great Basin -- California -- Pacific Northwest/Plateau -- Alaska -- Northern Great Plains -- Urban -- Indian health funding : time for change -- The future of nursing report and American Indian nursing education.
ISBN
9780826129840
9780826129857
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WY107 A512 2016

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Crisis standards of care : a systems framework for catastrophic disaster response

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20819
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2012.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations
Editor
Hanfling, Dan
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication Date
2012
Subjects
Disaster Medicine - standards
Emergency Medical Services - standards
Emergency Treatment - standards
United States
ISBN
9780309253468
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
Available online but the National Academies Press requires people to register before use.
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Code of ethics for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine : report of Task Group 109

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18711
American Association of Physicists in Medicine. College Park, MD: American Association of Physicists in Medicine , 2009.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WN440 A512 2009 v.109
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Corporate Author
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Place of Publication
College Park, MD
Publisher
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Publication Date
2009
Series
AAPM report 109
Subjects
Codes of Ethics
Health Physics - ethics
Societies, Scientific - ethics
United States
ISBN
9781888340808
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
VC Medical Physics
Kelowna Library
Call Number
WN440 A512 2009 v.109

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Malignant : how cancer becomes us

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121131
Jain, S. Lochlann. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press , 2013.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ200 J25 2013
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Jain, S. Lochlann
Place of Publication
Berkeley, CA
Publisher
University of California Press
Publication Date
2013
Physical Description
290 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Carcinogens
Health Policy
Medical Oncology - legislation & jurisprudence
Neoplasms - economics
Research Support as Topic
United States
Personal Narratives
ISBN
9780520276574
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ200 J25 2013

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Death of cancer : after fifty years on the front lines of medicine, a pioneering oncologist reveals why the war on cancer is winnable--and how we can get there

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113763
DeVita, Vincent T. Jr., DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2015.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ11.1 D496 2015
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
Author
DeVita, Vincent T. Jr.
DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
324 p., [16] p. of plates ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - history
Neoplasms - drug therapy
Medical Oncology - history
Biomedical Research
Antineoplastic Agents - history
History of Medicine
United States
Autobiography
Notes
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Outrageous fortune
The chemotherapists
MOMP
MOPP
The war on cancer
Boots on the ground
Cleaning house at the National Cancer Institute
Frances Kelsey syndrome
Where rubber meets the road
The death of cancer
Outrageous fortune part II.
ISBN
9780374135607
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ11.1 D496 2015

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Emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19568
Mukherjee, Siddhartha. New York, NY: Scribner , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010
Availability
5 copies, 4 available
Author
Mukherjee, Siddhartha
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Scribner
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Leukemia - history
Neoplasms - history
Medical Oncology
Leukemia - drug therapy
Antineoplastic Agents - history
History of Medicine
History, 20th Century
United States
ISBN
9781439107959
1439107955
9781439170915 (pbk.)
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010

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Health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids : the current state of evidence and recommendations for research

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog119910
Committee on the Health Effects of Marijuana: An Evidence Review and Research Agenda, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division., National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2017.
Audience
Professional
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 CANNABIS; 3 CANNABIS: PREVALENCE OF USE, REGULATION, AND CURRENT POLICY LANDSCAPE; PART II: THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS; 4 THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CANNABIS AND CANNABINOIDS; PART III: OTHER HEALTH EFFECTS; 5 CANCER; 7 RESPIRATORY DISEASE; 8 IMMUNITY; 9…
  2 read online  
Corporate Author
Committee on the Health Effects of Marijuana: An Evidence Review and Research Agenda, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
486 p.
Subjects
Cannabis
Cannabis - drug effects
Cannabinoids
Cannabinoids - therapeutic use
Medical Marijuana
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Health Policy
Risk Assessment
United States
Abstract
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
1 INTRODUCTION
2 CANNABIS
3 CANNABIS: PREVALENCE OF USE, REGULATION, AND CURRENT POLICY LANDSCAPE
PART II: THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS
4 THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CANNABIS AND CANNABINOIDS
PART III: OTHER HEALTH EFFECTS
5 CANCER
7 RESPIRATORY DISEASE
8 IMMUNITY
9 INJURY AND DEATH
10 PRENATAL, PERINATAL, AND NEONATAL EXPOSURE TO CANNABIS
11 PSYCHOSOCIAL
12 MENTAL HEALTH
13 PROBLEM CANNABIS USE
14 CANNABIS USE AND THE ABUSE OF OTHER SUBSTANCES
PART IV: RESEARCH BARRIERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
15 CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS IN CONDUCTING CANNABIS RESEARCH
16 RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE THE CANNABIS RESEARCH AGENDA
APPENDIXES
ISBN
9780309453042
9780309453073
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
E-book available in HTML and PDF formats
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Dietary guidelines for Americans 2015-2020

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120443
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , 2015. 8th ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
  2 read online  
Corporate Author
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Edition
8th ed.
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Publication Date
2015
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Feeding behavior
Diet - standards
Diet, Healthy
Nutrition
Nutrition Policy
Nutritional Requirements
Food
United States
Guideline
ISBN
0160932513
9780160932519
9780160934674
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Internet
Website Notes
Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca or calling 1.888.675.8001 x 7000 (toll-free) to obtain a username and password.
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Cancer : the emperor of all maladies

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21999
Burns, Ken, Goodman, Barak, Mukherjee, Siddhartha. Arlington, VA: PBS , 2015.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ11.1 C215b 2015 v.1-3
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
Alternate Title
Cancer : the emperor of all maladies (Television program)
Author
Burns, Ken
Goodman, Barak
Mukherjee, Siddhartha
Place of Publication
Arlington, VA
Publisher
PBS
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Leukemia - history
Neoplasms - history
Biomedical Research - history
Medical Oncology
Leukemia - drug therapy
Antineoplastic Agents - history
History of Medicine
History, 20th Century
United States
ISBN
9781627892773
Language
English
Material Type
Video
DVD
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ11.1 C215b 2015 v.1-3

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