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Dying well : peace and possibilities at the end of life

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Byock, Ira. New York, NY: Riverhead Books , 1997.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 B994 1997

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

Author: Byock, Ira

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Riverhead Books

Publication Date: 1997

Physical Description: xv, 299 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Death; Attitude to Death; Bereavement; Grief; Thanatology; Terminal Care; Case Reports

ISBN: 9781573226578; 1573226572

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 B994 1997

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Dying and death in oncology

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Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing , 2017.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 D996 2017

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Editor: Berk, Lawrence

Place of Publication: Cham, Switzerland

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: v, 185 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Death; Neoplasms - psychology; Attitude to Death; Terminal Care; Medical Oncology - methods; Thanatology

ISBN: 9783319418599

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: QZ200 D996 2017

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Transitions in dying and bereavement : a psychosocial guide for hospice and palliative care

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Thompson, Marney, Wainwright, Wendy. Baltimore, MD: Health Professions Press, Inc. , 2017. 2nd ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WB210 V642 2017

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Contents:; Establishing the framework : integration of psychosocial and hospice palliative care perspective : social work and counseling competencies in hospice palliative care -- Beginning the journey : early diagnosis and treatment perspective : psychosocial assessment -- The path not chosen : re…

Author: Thompson, Marney; Wainwright, Wendy

Corporate Author: Victoria Hospice Society

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Baltimore, MD

Publisher: Health Professions Press, Inc.

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: xxii, 350 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects: Hospice Care - psychology; Palliative Care - psychology; Terminal Care - psychology; Attitude to Death; Bereavement; Grief

Abstract: Contents:; Establishing the framework : integration of psychosocial and hospice palliative care perspective : social work and counseling competencies in hospice palliative care -- Beginning the journey : early diagnosis and treatment perspective : psychosocial assessment -- The path not chosen : recurrence and chronic illness perspective: cultural competency -- Entering the unknown : the shift toward hospice palliative care perspective : intimacy and sexuality -- The long and winding road : illness predominates perspective : dying children and youth -- Watching and waiting : as death approaches perspective : suffering and despair -- The parting of the ways : time of death perspective : support for the hospice palliative care team -- Walking the edges : when a death occurs perspective: working with thoughts and emotions -- Entering the depths : adjusting to loss perspective: grief : it?s complicated -- Reconnecting with the world : mending the heart.

Notes: Preceded by Transitions in dying and bereavement : a psychosocial guide for hospice and palliative care / by Victoria Hospice Society and Moira Cairns, Marney Thompson, Wendy Wainwright. 2003.

ISBN: 9780969504191; 0969504195; 9781938870651

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library

Call Number: WB210 V642 2017

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Living with death and dying

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Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. New York, NY: MacMillan Publishing Company , 1981.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 K81 1981

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

The author shares her tools for understanding how the dying convey their innermost knowledge and needs. Expanding on her workshops, she shows the importance of meaningful dialogue in helping patients to die with peace and dignity.

Author: Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company

Publication Date: 1981

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Death; Terminal Care

Abstract: The author shares her tools for understanding how the dying convey their innermost knowledge and needs. Expanding on her workshops, she shows the importance of meaningful dialogue in helping patients to die with peace and dignity.

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 K81 1981

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Questions and answers on death and dying : a companion volume to "On death and dying"

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Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. New York, NY: Touchstone Book/Simon & Schuster , 1997.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 K82 1997

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Touchstone Book/Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 1997

Subjects: Terminal Care - popular works; Death - popular works

ISBN: 0684839377; 9780684839370

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 D4 K82 1997

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Questions and answers on death and dying

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Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. New York, NY: MacMillan Publishing Company , 1974.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 K82 1974

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

This companion volume to "On Death and Dying", consists of the questions that were most frequently asked of Dr. Kübler-Ross and her answers. She discusses accepting the end of life; suicide; terminal illness; euthanasia; how to tell a patient he or she is critically ill; and how to deal with the di…

Author: Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company

Publication Date: 1974

Subjects: Terminal Care - popular works; Death - popular works

Abstract: This companion volume to "On Death and Dying", consists of the questions that were most frequently asked of Dr. Kübler-Ross and her answers. She discusses accepting the end of life; suicide; terminal illness; euthanasia; how to tell a patient he or she is critically ill; and how to deal with the difficulties surrounding death.

ISBN: 0025671200; 9780025671201

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 K82 1974

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Transitions in dying and bereavement : a psychosocial guide for hospice and palliative care

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Cairns, Moira, Thompson, Marney, Wainwright, Wendy. Baltimore, md.: Health Professions Press, Inc. , 2003.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WB210 V642 2003

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Cairns, Moira; Thompson, Marney; Wainwright, Wendy

Corporate Author: Victoria Hospice Society

Place of Publication: Baltimore, md.

Publisher: Health Professions Press, Inc.

Publication Date: 2003

Subjects: Grief - psychology; Bereavement - psychology; Death - psychology; Hospice Care; Palliative Care - psychology

ISBN: 1878812920

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; FVC PFCS; Victoria Library; Kelowna Library; CN PFCS

Call Number: WB210 V642 2003

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Dying at home : a family guide for caregiving

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Sankar, Andrea. Baltimore, md.: Johns Hopkins University Press , 1991.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 S227 1991

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Includes information about bringing the dying person home; solving problems of caregiving; community support; social support; the well-being of the caregiver; how death occurs; and grieving after the loved one?s death. Includes stories from people who have cared for a dying person.

Author: Sankar, Andrea

Place of Publication: Baltimore, md.

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Date: 1991

Subjects: Bereavement - popular works; Grief - popular works; Death - popular works; Terminal Care - popular works; Home Care Services - popular works; Attitude to Death - popular works

Abstract: Includes information about bringing the dying person home; solving problems of caregiving; community support; social support; the well-being of the caregiver; how death occurs; and grieving after the loved one?s death. Includes stories from people who have cared for a dying person.

ISBN: 0801842301; 9780801842306

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 S227 1991

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Tibetan book of living and dying

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Rinpoche, Sogyal. New York, NY: HarperOne , [2002]. 20th Anniversary Edition.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 R582 2002

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Rinpoche, Sogyal

Edition: 20th Anniversary Edition

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: HarperOne

Publication Date: [2002]

Physical Description: xviii, 446 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Buddhism; Spirituality; Religious Philosophies; Death and dying; Attitude to Death; Quality of Life; Thanatology

ISBN: 9780062508348

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 D4 R582 2002

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Tibetan book of living and dying

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Rinpoche, Sogyal. [San Francisco, CA]: Harper SanFrancisco , 1994.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 R582 1994

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Rinpoche, Sogyal

Place of Publication: [San Francisco, CA]

Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco

Publication Date: 1994

Physical Description: xiv, 425 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Subjects: Buddhism; Spirituality; Religious Philosophies; Death and dying; Attitude to Death; Quality of Life; Thanatology

ISBN: 0062508342

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 R582 1994

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Living and working with bereavement : guide for widowed men and women

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Palmer, Elsie, Watt, Jill. Calgary, Alta.: Detselig Enterprises Limited , 1987.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 P173 1987

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Includes many practical suggestions, some solely for Canada.

Author: Palmer, Elsie; Watt, Jill

Place of Publication: Calgary, Alta.

Publisher: Detselig Enterprises Limited

Publication Date: 1987

Subjects: Grief - popular works; Bereavement - popular works; Singl Person

Abstract: Includes many practical suggestions, some solely for Canada.

ISBN: 0920490697

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 P173 1987

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Times of mourning : bereavement, clinical challenge, and subjectivity

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Bauab, Adriana. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books , 2021.

Audience: Professional

"Times of Mourning: Bereavement, Clinical Challenge, and Subjectivity works around the homonymous property of the word duelo in Spanish, which means both grief and duel. Adriana Bauab argues that the mourning process is a challenge and an opportunity for the subject to recompose their symbolic univ…

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Author: Bauab, Adriana

Place of Publication: Lanham, MD

Publisher: Lexington Books

Publication Date: 2021

Series: Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects: Grief; Bereavement; Psychoanalysis - methods; Counseling

Abstract: "Times of Mourning: Bereavement, Clinical Challenge, and Subjectivity works around the homonymous property of the word duelo in Spanish, which means both grief and duel. Adriana Bauab argues that the mourning process is a challenge and an opportunity for the subject to recompose their symbolic universe, recovering the function of lack that can ignite desire. Citing multiple clinical examples, Bauab proposes new tools for the treatment of grief." - Provided by publisher.; Contents:; 1: Mourning: A Psychoanalytical Concept -- 2: The Subjectivating Function of Mourning -- 3: Sexuation and Mourning -- 4: Mourning for the Father -- 5: Mourning and the Body -- 6: Mourning and the Limit of the Structure -- 7: Mourning in the Polis

ISBN: 9781793617750; 9781793617767

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Dying and death in Canada

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Northcott, Herbert, Wilson, Donna. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press , 2022. 4th ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 N873 2022

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

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Author: Northcott, Herbert; Wilson, Donna

Edition: 4th ed.

Place of Publication: Toronto, ON

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Publication Date: 2022

Physical Description: xviii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Series: Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Bereavement; Loss; Canada; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781487509279; 9781487509286

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: BF789 D4 N873 2022

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Graceful passages : a companion for living and dying

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Stillwater, Michael, Malkin, Gary Remal. Novato, CA: Companion Arts , 2000.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 G729 2000

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

Two CD's encase in small book (56 p.); Disc 1: Messages; Disc 2: Music

Alternate Title: Companion for living and dying

Author: Stillwater, Michael; Malkin, Gary Remal

Place of Publication: Novato, CA

Publisher: Companion Arts

Publication Date: 2000

Subjects: Bereavement; Attitude to Death; Religions; Cross Cultural Comparison; Popular Work

Abstract: Two CD's encase in small book (56 p.); Disc 1: Messages; Disc 2: Music

ISBN: 0970095007

Language: English

Material Type: Book; CD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library Relax

Call Number: BF789 G729 2000

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Die wise : a manifesto for the sanity and soul

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Jenkinson, Stephen. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 J52 2015

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Jenkinson, Stephen

Place of Publication: Berkeley, CA

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: xiii, 396 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Death; Attitude to Death; Grief; Bereavement; Terminally Ill; Thanatology; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781583949733; 1583949739

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 D4 J52 2015

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Caring for the dying: the doula approach to a meaningful death

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Fersko-Weiss, Henry. Newburyport, MA: Conari Press , 2017.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 F399 2017

Availability: 1 copy, 1 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…

Author: Fersko-Weiss, Henry

Place of Publication: Newburyport, MA

Publisher: Conari Press

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: xiv, 222 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Terminally Ill - psychology; Doulas; Hospice Care - psychology; Terminal Care; Attitude to Death; Advance Care Planning; Caregivers; Popular Work

Abstract: "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 spiritual support for both the dying person and their loved ones." - Cover

Notes: A gentle guide for families and caregivers - Cover

ISBN: 9781573246965; 1573246964

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 D4 F399 2017

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With the end in mind : dying, death and wisdom in an age of denial

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Mannix, Kathryn. New York, NY: Little, Brown Spark , 2018.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 M284 2018

Availability: 2 copies, 1 available

"Dr. Kathryn Mannix has studied and practiced palliative care for thirty years. In With the End in Mind, she shares beautifully crafted stories from a lifetime of caring for the dying, and makes a compelling case for the therapeutic power of approaching death not with trepidation, but with openness…

Author: Mannix, Kathryn

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Little, Brown Spark

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: viii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subjects: Popular Work; Personal Narratives; Palliative Care; Attitude to Death; Terminal Care; Hospice Care

Abstract: "Dr. Kathryn Mannix has studied and practiced palliative care for thirty years. In With the End in Mind, she shares beautifully crafted stories from a lifetime of caring for the dying, and makes a compelling case for the therapeutic power of approaching death not with trepidation, but with openness, clarity, and understanding. Weaving the details of her own experiences as a caregiver through stories of her patients, their families, and their distinctive lives, Dr. Mannix reacquaints us with the universal, but deeply personal, process of dying." -- Back cover