Author

Ware, Bronnie

Place of Publication

Carlsbad, CA

Publisher

Hay House, Inc.

Publication Date

2019

Physical Description

xiii, 303 pages ; 22 cm

Subjects

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

Palliative Care

Self-Help

Attitude to Death

Abstract

"After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care.

During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind.

Bronnie's delightful memoir is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live" --Back cover

Notes

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

ISBN

9781401956004

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 W561 2019

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Author

Raza, Azra

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication Date

2019

Physical Description

xii, 347 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Medical Oncology

Personal Narratives

ISBN

9781541699526

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ21 R278 2018

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Author

Munster, Pamela N.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

The Experiment, LLC

Publication Date

2018

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

BRCA1 Protein

BRCA2 Protein

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Breast Neoplasms - therapy

Physicians

ISBN

9781615194780

9781615195145

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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

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.

Author

Morningstar, Barbara

Editor

Shoroplova, Nina

Place of Publication

British Columbia

Publisher

Barbara Morningstar

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

97 pages ; 23 cm

Subjects

Hospice Care

Grief

Bereavement

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

Loss

Palliative Care

Terminal Care

Abstract

"Heartfelt stories that explore the mystery of death." -back cover.

Notes

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

ISBN

9781722966508

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 M866 2018

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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

Notes

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

ISBN

9780316504478

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 M284 2018

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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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Author

Evans, Louise

Place of Publication

Ancaster, ON

Publisher

Manor House Publishing, Inc.

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

144 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Complementary Therapies

Hypnosis

Spiritual Therapies

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN

9781988058436

9781988058443

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ266 E92 2018

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Author

Curley, Steven A.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Center Street

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

xiii, 283 p. : 24 cm.

Subjects

Surgical Oncology

Physician-Patient Relations

Neoplasms - surgery

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9781546082705

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 C975 2018

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Author

Eger, Edith Eva

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Scribner

Publication Date

2018

Subjects

Stress disorders, Post-traumatic - therapy

Survivors - psychology

Holocaust

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Notes

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

ISBN

9781501130793

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WM172.5 E43 2018

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Author

Bartley, Trish

Place of Publication

Chichester, West Sussex

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

xii, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Mindfulness

Neoplasms - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Cognitive Therapy - methods

Mind-Body Therapies

Self Care

Personal Narratives

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN

9781118926284

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ266 B291 2017

Website Notes

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

Companion website with additional resources available

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Corporate Author

First Nations Health Authority

Metis Nation British Columbia

BC Cancer Agency

BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres

Place of Publication

[West Vancouver, BC]

Publisher

First Nations Health Authority

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

104 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Health Services, Indigenous

Patient Navigation

Self Care

Social Support

Culturally Competent Care

Medicine, Traditional

Personal Narratives

First Nations

Patient Education Handout

Notes

The stories in this book were shared at Telling Our Stories Conference held in Prince George, BC in June 2016.

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

QZ201 F527 2017

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Corporate Author

First Nations Health Authority

Metis Nation British Columbia

BC Cancer Agency

BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres

Place of Publication

[West Vancouver, BC]

Publisher

First Nations Health Authority

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

102 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Health Services, Indigenous

Patient Navigation

Self Care

Social Support

Patient Education

Culturally Competent Care

Medicine, Traditional

Personal Narratives

Metis

First Nations

Patient Education Handout

Notes

The stories in this book were shared at Telling Our Stories Conference held in Prince George, BC in June 2016.

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

QZ201 F527m 2017

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Author

Haugk, Kenneth C.

Place of Publication

[St. Louis, MO]

Publisher

Stephen Ministries

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

x, 345 p. ; 26 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Patient Navigation

Adaptation, Psychological

Communication

Interpersonal Relations

Social Support

Spirituality

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Notes

Practical guide for those with cancer and their loved ones - head of Title

ISBN

9781930445048

1930445040

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 H371 2017

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Author

Sharman, Zena

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

Arsenal Pulp Press

Publication Date

2016

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Sexual and Gender Minorities

Transgender Persons

Minority Health

Health Services for Transgender Persons

Healthcare Disparities

Personal Narratives

Abstract

Table of contents:

Introduction: Why Queer and Trans Health Stories Matter -- Appendix -- Call in Sick -- Name Game: Being Seen in My Entirety -- Unlearning: Improving Trans Care by Reorienting Medical and Nursing Discourse -- Navigating This Life as a Black Intersex Man -- Confessions of a Gender Specialist -- Read This Before Your Next Clinical Visit: Cheap Advice for Frequent Patients -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Q Card Project (Seattle, Washington) -- Using Medical Education to Advance Health of LGBT Individuals -- Health as a Spiritual Practice: Or, Please Don?t Call Me ?Lady? -- Our Caregiving, Ourselves -- Queer in Common Country -- NIRKwUSCIN -- A Journey Towards Safety -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services LGBTQ+ Newcomer Initiatives (Toronto, Ontario) -- Sex Work Solidarity as Healing: in four parts -- The Disclosure of Specialization: A QPOC Therapist?s Questions about Embodied Mirroring and Mentoring -- Trans Grit -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Trans Buddy Program (Nashville, Tennessee) -- Rivers of Our Lives: Stigma and Dislocations as Part of Life Course -- Sick of it: One patient?s adventures in heteronormativity -- Remedial Asexuality: Sexualnormativity in Health Care -- Five Things Providers Need to Know about Bisexual People -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Affirmations Deck (Toronto, Ontario) -- Breaking Down Barriers: A Journey to Increase Collaboration and Understanding Between LGBT2-SQ and Medical Communities -- Baby Escape Plan Two -- Mind Your Words -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre (Vancouver, BC) -- We Don?t Have to Numb Out to Be Out -- Depathologizing Trans -- Through the Body -- Healing Exchanges: The Necessity of Beloved Community for Queer Survivors of Colour -- Not a Liability: On Trauma-Informed Care and Community Acupuncture -- Listen -- Waiting on Information from Doctors.

Notes

SOGIE 2SLGBTQIA Collection

ISBN

9781551526584

9781551526591

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 to obtain a username and password from the Library.

Author

Cornwall, Deborah J.

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

Sarasota, FL

Publisher

Bardolf and Company

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

256 pages ; 23 cm

Subjects

Caregivers

Patient Navigation

Neoplasms - therapy

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

ISBN

9781938842276

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 C821t 2016

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Author

Williams, Mary Elizabeth

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Geographic Society

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

304 pages ; 23 cm

Subjects

Melanoma

Life Change Events

Neoplasms - therapy

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

"After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma--a 'rapidly fatal' form of cancer--journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock. She takes a once-in-a-lifetime chance and joins a clinical trial for immunotherapy, a revolutionary drug regimen that trains the body to vanquish malignant cells. Astonishingly, her cancer disappears entirely in just a few weeks. But at the same time, her best friend embarks on a cancer journey of her own--with very different results" -- Provided by publisher

ISBN

9781426216336

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WR500 W721s 2016

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Corporate Author

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication

Winnipeg, MB

Publisher

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

1 videodisc (83 min.) + 1 USB flash drive (83 min.)

Series

LivingMyCulture.ca

Subjects

Attitude to Death

Terminally Ill

Palliative Care

Bereavement

Grief

Loss

Spirituality

Medicine, Traditional

Ceremonial Behavior

First Nations

Inuits

Metis

Personal Narratives

Abstract

First Nations, Inuit, and Metis share stories about living with serious illness and grief. The video series consists of 170 short video clips organized by theme. Highlights are captured in four longer videos.

1. Ceremony, tradition and spirituality (21:41)

2. Caring for the patient and family (16:50)

3. Walking along side for a good death (21:21)

4. Honouring our loss and grief (23:11)

Notes

Contents available in DVD format or USB flash drive.

Language

English

Material Type

DVD

Video

Pre-loaded Media

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

BF575 C212 2016

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Author

Izen, Michael Hart

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

Leola Productions

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

79 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Prostatic Neoplasms

Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis

Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy

Men's Health

Humor

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

How do you deal with a terminal diagnosis in your forties? How are you supposed to talk about it with friends and family? "Finger up the bum" tells of Michael Izen's experience with prostate cancer with in-your-face humor and original, off-the-wall illustrations about everything from his 'fallen warrior' to hot flashes, as well as touching thoughts on what really matters in the end - Cover

ISBN

9780995278707

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WJ752 I98 2016

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Author

Hansen, Clifford

Place of Publication

San Bernadino, CA

Publisher

Clifford Hansen

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

112 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Prostatic Neoplasms

Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis

Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy

Cancer Survivors

Men's Health

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

1533182868

9781533182869

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WJ762 H249 2016

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Author

Yeasting, Cynda

Place of Publication

[Victoria, BC?]

Publisher

Friesen Press

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

x, 293 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Brain Neoplasms

Spouses

Love

Hope

Grief

Interpersonal Relations

Terminal Care

Terminally Ill - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

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. Living life to the fullest and hoping for a miracle - Cover

ISBN

9781460267486

9781460267479

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WL358 Y39 2016

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