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Drugs easily explained

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Seifert, Roland. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG , 2022.

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Author: Seifert, Roland

Place of Publication: Cham, Switzerland

Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

Publication Date: 2022

Series: Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects: Pharmaceutical Preparations; Popular Work

ISBN: 9783031121883

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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Diagnosketch : a visual guide to medical diagnosis for the non-medical audience

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Adhikari, Sapana P. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2022.

Audience: Patient or Public

"Diagnosketch is a visual aid to explain medical diagnoses to patients at the bedside. It uses simplified images to illustrate complicated anatomy and concepts. The title, 'Diagnosketch,' combines the term 'diagnosis,' with the term, 'sketch,' paralleling the way the book combines a medical diagnos…

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Author: Adhikari, Sapana P.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2022

Series: Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects: Diagnosis; Human anatomy; Medical Illustration; Patient Education as Topic; Pictorial Works; Popular Work

Abstract: "Diagnosketch is a visual aid to explain medical diagnoses to patients at the bedside. It uses simplified images to illustrate complicated anatomy and concepts. The title, 'Diagnosketch,' combines the term 'diagnosis,' with the term, 'sketch,' paralleling the way the book combines a medical diagnosis with a simplified sketch. It includes common pathologies seen in an acute care setting, especially ones that are easier to explain with pictures"-- Provided by publisher

ISBN: 9780197636954; 9780197636961

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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Caregiving sourcebook

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Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics , 2021.

Audience: Patient or Public

Caregiving sourcebook : basic consumer health information about caregiving, types of caregivers, child care, elderly care, and care for people with serious medical conditions including Alzheimer disease, cancer, heart disease, stroke, mental-health disorders, and more ; along with self-care tips fo…

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Editor: Hayes, Kevin

Place of Publication: Detroit, MI

Publisher: Omnigraphics

Publication Date: 2021

Series: Proquest Ebook Central; Health reference series

Subjects: Caregivers; Helping Behavior; Home Care Services; Popular Work

Abstract: Caregiving sourcebook : basic consumer health information about caregiving, types of caregivers, child care, elderly care, and care for people with serious medical conditions including Alzheimer disease, cancer, heart disease, stroke, mental-health disorders, and more ; along with self-care tips for caregivers, information about programs, policies, and support services available for caregivers, a glossary of related terms, and a directory of resources for more information.

ISBN: 9780780818484; 9780780818491

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.

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Cancer biology : how science works

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Carlberg, Carsten, Velleuer, Eunike. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG , 2021.

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Author: Carlberg, Carsten; Velleuer, Eunike

Place of Publication: Cham, Switzerland

Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Publication Date: 2021

Series: Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects: Neoplasms; Popular Work

ISBN: 9783030756987; 9783030756994

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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Medical marijuana : Dr. Kogan's evidence-based guide to the health benefits of cannabis and CBD

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Kogan, Mikhail, Liebmann-Smith, Joan. New York, NY: Avery , 2021.

Audience: Patient or Public

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Author: Kogan, Mikhail; Liebmann-Smith, Joan

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Avery

Publication Date: 2021

Series: Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects: Medical Marijuana - therapeutic use; Cannabis - therapeutic use

ISBN: 9780593190234; 9780593190258

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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Resource guide for Chinese cancer patients (Lower Mainland)

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Kwong, Sandy. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency , 2017. rev.ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Part 1 Financial Assistance

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Author: Kwong, Sandy

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services

Edition: rev.ed.

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: volumes ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Social Support; Consumer Health Information; Information Services; Community Health Services; Patient Education Handout; Resource Guides; Social Welfare; Popular Work

Abstract: Part 1 Financial Assistance

Language: English; Chinese

Material Type: Booklet; Handout; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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Improving Indigenous cancer journeys in BC : a road map

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First Nations Health Authority, Metis Nation British Columbia, BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, BC Cancer Agency. [West Vancouver, BC]: First Nations Health Authority , 2017.

Audience: Patient or Public

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Corporate Author: First Nations Health Authority; Metis Nation British Columbia; BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres; BC Cancer Agency

Place of Publication: [West Vancouver, BC]

Publisher: First Nations Health Authority

Publication Date: 2017

Subjects: Patient Navigation; Health Services, Indigenous; Self Care; Social Support; Culturally Competent Care; Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasms - rehabilitation; Medicine, Traditional; First Nations; Patient Education Handout

Language: English

Material Type: Booklet; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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The remedy : queer and trans voices on health and health care

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Sharman, Zena. [Vancouver, BC?]: Arsenal Pulp Press , 2016.

Audience: Patient or Public

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…

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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

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20 tips to help you be part of the healthcare team : patient safety is #1

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BC Cancer Agency. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency , 2013?.

Audience: Patient or Public

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Alternate Title: Patient safety is # 1

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Agency

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency

Publication Date: 2013?

Physical Description: 10 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: BC Cancer Agency; Safety Management - standards; Patient Safety; Risk Management; Professional-Patient Relations; Health Personnel; Medical Errors; Quality Assurance, Health Care; Guideline

Language: English

Material Type: Booklet; Handout

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library Pamphlet File

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Malignant : medical ethicists confront cancer

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Dresser, Rebecca. Oxford: Oxford University Press , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 M251 2012

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

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Author: Dresser, Rebecca

Editor: Dresser, Rebecca

Place of Publication: Oxford

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: xiv, 236 p. ; 25 cm.

Series: Proquest Ebook Central; ebrary books for public

Subjects: Ethics, Medical; Neoplasms - psychology; Caregivers - psychology; Neoplasms - diagnosis; Autobiography

ISBN: 9780199757848; 9780199921102

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Surrey Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Internet

Call Number: QZ201 M251 2012

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Resource guide for Chinese cancer patients (Lower Mainland)

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Kwong, Sandy. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency , 2011. 2nd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 B862r 2011

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

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Author: Kwong, Sandy

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: 51 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Social Support; Consumer Health Information; Information Services; Community Health Services; Patient Education Handout; Resource Guides; Social Welfare; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781896624211

Language: English; Chinese

Material Type: Booklet; Handout; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ201 B862r 2011

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Navigation guide for Chinese-speaking cancer patients and their families (Vancouver Centre)

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Kwong, Sandy. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services , 2011. 2nd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 B862n 2011

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

Author: Kwong, Sandy

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: 31 p. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Continuity of Patient Care; Delivery of Health Care; Professional-Patient Relations; Social Support; Patient Advocacy; Patient Education Handout; Patient Care - psychology; Health Services Accessibility; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781896624228

Language: English; Chinese

Material Type: Booklet; Handout; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ201 B862n 2011

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100 questions and answers about caring for family or friends with cancer

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Rose, Susannah, Hara, Richard T. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers , 2011. 2nd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 R797 2010

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

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Alternate Title: One hundred questions and answers about caring for family or friends with cancer

Author: Rose, Susannah; Hara, Richard T

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Sudbury, MA

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: ix, 204 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: R2 Library; 100 questions & answers

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Caregivers - psychology; Family; Home Care Services; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780763762575; 0763762571

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ201 R797 2010

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Planet cancer : the frequently bizarre yet always informative experiences and thoughts of your fellow natives

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Adams, Heidi Schultz, Schultz, Christopher. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

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Author: Adams, Heidi Schultz; Schultz, Christopher

Place of Publication: Guilford, CT

Publisher: Lyons Press

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: 275 p.

Series: Proquest Ebook Central; ebrary books for public

Subjects: Neoplasms; Adolescent; Young Adult; Social Support; Personal Narratives; Self Care; World Wide Web; Health Services; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780762766659

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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