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Systemic effects of advanced cancer : a textbook on cancer-associated cachexia

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124180
Cham, Switzerland: Springer , 2023.
Audience
Professional
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Editor
Acharyya, Swarnali
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
Publisher
Springer
Publication Date
2023
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Subjects
Cachexia
Neoplasms - complications
Symptom Assessment
ISBN
9783031072727
9783031095184
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Practical management of complex cancer pain

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123751
New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2022. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
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Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2022
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Oxford specialist handbooks in pain medicine
Subjects
Cancer Pain - prevention & control
Cancer Pain - therapy
Pain Measurement
Neoplasms - complications
ISBN
9780192635143
9780198865667
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Best practices for engagement : tip sheets

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122442
BC Cancer, Patient & Family Engagement. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency , 2020.
Audience
Professional
Contents:; Best Practices for Successful Engagement -- Diversity in Patient Engagement -- Engagement Methods -- How to Request Patient and Family Partners -- Matching Partners -- Planning Engagement -- Presenting With Patient Partners -- Reimbursing Partners.
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Alternate Title
Patient experience program : best practices for engagement
Corporate Author
BC Cancer, Patient & Family Engagement
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
BC Cancer Agency
Publication Date
2020
Subjects
Culturally Competent Care
Cultural Diversity
Patient Participation - methods
Decision Making
Caregivers
Professional - Patient Relations
Professional - Family Relations
Abstract
Contents:
Best Practices for Successful Engagement -- Diversity in Patient Engagement -- Engagement Methods -- How to Request Patient and Family Partners -- Matching Partners -- Planning Engagement -- Presenting With Patient Partners -- Reimbursing Partners.
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
Tip sheets in PDF format and more patient and family engagement resources available at link
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Cancer and the heart

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122400
Raleigh, NC: PMPH USA , 2019. 3rd ed.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Editor
Ewer, Michael S.
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Raleigh, NC
Publisher
PMPH USA
Publication Date
2019
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Heart Diseases - etiology
Heart - drug effects
Heart - radiation effects
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - therapy
Cardiotoxicity - complications
ISBN
1607952971
9781607952978
9781607959649
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Seniors with complex medical conditions engagement tip sheet

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121757
British Columbia Ministry of Health Patients as Partners Initiative. [Victoria, BC?]: Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Health , 2019.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  

Intercultural community engagement tip sheet for Chinese and South Asian populations

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121759
British Columbia Ministry of Health Patients as Partners Initiative. [Victoria, BC?]: Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Health , 2019.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  

Cancer rehabilitation : principles and practice

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121473
New York, NY: Demos Medical | Springer Publishing Company , 2019. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ266 C218s 2019
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Editor
Stubblefield, Michael D.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Demos Medical
Springer Publishing Company
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
xxiv, 1171 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - therapy
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - diagnosis
Neoplasms - rehabilitation
Neoplasms - psychology
Pain management
ISBN
9780826111388
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ266 C218s 2019

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Advance care planning in end of life care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120466
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press , 2018. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
Table of Contents :; Introduction to advance care planning -- Overview and introduction to advance care planning -- What are the benefits of advance care planning and how do we know? -- An introduction to advance care planning: practice at the frontline -- Person-centred care: how does advance care…
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Editor
Thomas, Keri
Lobo, Ben
Detering, Karen
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Oxford, UK
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2018
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning - organization & administration
Decision Making
Terminal Care
Right to Die
Abstract
Table of Contents :
Introduction to advance care planning -- Overview and introduction to advance care planning -- What are the benefits of advance care planning and how do we know? -- An introduction to advance care planning: practice at the frontline -- Person-centred care: how does advance care planning support this and what are the economic benefits? -- Advance care planning for an ageing population -- Spiritual and ethical aspects of advance care planning -- Advance care planning: a personal view and stories from the frontline -- Context and experience of advance care planning in the UK -- Advance care planning in the UK: update on policy and practice -- Advance decisions to refuse treatment and the impact of wider legislation -- Discussions and decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- The implications of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 for advance care planning and decision making -- Experience of use of advance care planning in care homes -- Advance care planning in the community -- Advance care planning in hospices and palliative care -- Advance care planning in hospitals -- Advance care planning: thinking ahead for parents, carers, children, and young people -- Advance care planning and people with dementia -- Experience of advance care planning internationally -- Advance care planning in Australia -- Advance care planning in Canada -- Advance directives and advance care planning: the US experience -- Advance care planning in New Zealand: our Voice--to tatou reo -- Advance care planning in Germany: on track for nationwide implementation -- Advance care planning in an Asian country -- Practicalities and areas of common ground -- Communication skills and advance care planning -- Advance care planning in chronic disease: finding the known in the midst of the unknown -- Planning ahead in all areas -- A population-based approach to end-of-life care and advance care planning.
ISBN
9780198802136
9780192542359
9780192542366
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Cancer neurology in clinical practice : neurological complications of cancer and its treatment

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120845
Cham, Switzerland: Springer , 2018. 3rd ed.
Audience
Professional
Table of Contents:; I OVERVIEW -- II DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES -- III NERVOUS SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT OF SYSTEMIC CANCERS -- IV NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF CANCER -- V NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF CANCER THERAPY -- NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF SPECIFIC MALIGNANCIES -- VII NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS IN LONG…
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Editor
Schiff, David
Arrillaga, Isabel
Wen, Patrick Y
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
Publisher
Springer
Publication Date
2018
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - therapy
Radiotherapy - adverse effects
Neurologic Manifestations
Therapeutics - adverse effects
Nervous System Diseases - etiology
Abstract
Table of Contents:
I OVERVIEW -- II DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES -- III NERVOUS SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT OF SYSTEMIC CANCERS -- IV NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF CANCER -- V NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF CANCER THERAPY -- NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF SPECIFIC MALIGNANCIES -- VII NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS IN LONG TERM CANCER SURVIVORS.
ISBN
3319578995
9783319578996
9783319579016
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Patient, family, caregiver and public engagement planning guide 2018

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121755
British Columbia Ministry of Health Patients as Partners Initiative. [Victoria, BC?]: Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Health , 2018.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  

Patient, family, caregiver and public engagement framework 2018

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121756
British Columbia Ministry of Health Patients as Partners Initiative. [Victoria, BC?]: Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Health , 2018.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  

MASCC textbook of cancer supportive care and survivorship

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121100
Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. Cham, Switzerland: Springer , 2018. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ266 M395 2018
Availability
5 copies, 5 available
Corporate Author
Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
Editor
Olver, Ian N
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
Publisher
Springer
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
xv, 436 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - therapy
Neoplasms - psychology
Palliative Care
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - rehabilitation
Survivors
Notes
CN Library copy is housed Northern Health Library at UHNBC
ISBN
9783319909899
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Library
Kelowna Library
Victoria Library
CN Library
Call Number
QZ266 M395 2018

Copies

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Cardio-oncology : the clinical overlap of cancer and heart disease

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121979
Cham, Switzerland: Springer , 2017.
Audience
Professional
Contents:; Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Cardio-Oncology -- Chapter 2 Cardiotoxicity of Anticancer Therapies -- Chapter 3 Screening and Monitoring for Cardiotoxicity during Cancer Treatment -- Chapter 4 Management of Chemotherapy-Associated Cardiomyopathy -- Chapter 5 Treatment of hypertension in patie…
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Editor
Kimmick, Gretchen G.
Hershman, Dawn
Sawyer, Douglas B.
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
Publisher
Springer
Publication Date
2017
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Subjects
Cardiovascular diseases - Prevention & control
Neoplasms - drug therapy
Neoplasms - complications
Cardiovascular Diseases - complications
Cardiotoxicity - complications
Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects
Abstract
Contents:
Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Cardio-Oncology -- Chapter 2 Cardiotoxicity of Anticancer Therapies -- Chapter 3 Screening and Monitoring for Cardiotoxicity during Cancer Treatment -- Chapter 4 Management of Chemotherapy-Associated Cardiomyopathy -- Chapter 5 Treatment of hypertension in patients receiving cancer therapy -- Chapter 6 Pre-operative and pre-transplant cardiac evaluation in the cancer patient -- Chapter 7 Radiation Therapy and Cardiotoxicity -- Chapter 8 Management of patients with coronary disease and cancer: Interactions between cancer, cancer treatment and ischemia -- Chapter 9 Vascular Complications of Cancer and Cancer Therapy -- Chapter 10 Breast Cancer Cardio-Oncology -- Chapter 11 Cardiac Toxic Chemotherapy and Cancer Survivorship -- Chapter 12 Geriatric Cardio-Oncology -- Chapter 13 Future Clinical and Professional Directions in Cardio-Oncology.
ISBN
9783319430942
9783319430966
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Guidelines for the economic evaluation of health technologies : Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121661
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. [Ottawa, ON]: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) , 2017. 4th ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
W 82 G946 2017
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  2 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Edition
4th ed.
Place of Publication
[Ottawa, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
76 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
CADTH methods and guidelines
Subjects
Technology Assessment, Biomedical - economics
Technology Assessment, Biomedical - methods
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Decision Making
Guidelines
Canada
Notes
In April 2006 Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA) changed to Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
W 82 G946 2017
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Is that a fact? : a field guide to statistical and scientific information

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog114604
Battersby, Mark. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press , 2016. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
HA29 B384 2016
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Battersby, Mark
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Peterborough, ON
Publisher
Broadview Press
Publication Date
2016
Physical Description
viii, 290 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Statistics as Topic
Judgment
Information Literacy
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Science - methods
Thinking
Decision Making
ISBN
9781554812448
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
HA29 B384 2016

Copies

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Patient's wish to die : research, ethics, and palliative care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120469
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press , 2015.
Audience
Professional
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 canc…
  1 read online  
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
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How to engage patient and public advisors : a guide for staff

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121764
Vancouver Coastal Health Community Engagement. [Vancouver, BC?]: Vancouver Coastal Health , 2015.
Audience
Professional
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Geriatric psycho-oncology : a quick reference on the psychosocial dimensions of cancer symptom management

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog119939
American Psycho-Social Oncology Society. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2015.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WT145 G369 2015
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Corporate Author
American Psycho-Social Oncology Society
Editor
Holland, Jimmie C.
Wiesel, Talia Weiss
Nelson, Christian, J.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
xiii, 205 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Series
APOS clinical reference handbooks
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - therapy
Neoplasms - nursing
Aged - psychology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Professional-Patient Relations
Mental Health Services
Handbooks
ISBN
9780199361465
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Abbotsford Library
Call Number
WT145 G369 2015

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Psycho-oncology : a quick reference on the psychosocial dimensions of cancer symptom management

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113825
American Psycho-Social Oncology Society. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2015. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ200 Q6 2015
Availability
7 copies, 7 available
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
American Psycho-Social Oncology Society
Editor
Holland, Jimmie C.
Golant, Mitch
Greenberg, Donna B.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
xiii, 299 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Series
EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection
APOS clinical reference handbooks
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - therapy
Neoplasms - nursing
Professional-Patient Relations
Mental Health Services
Handbooks
Notes
Previous title: Quick reference for oncology clinicians : the psychiatric and psychological dimensions of cancer symptom management. (2006)
ISBN
9780199988730
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Library
CN Library
Kelowna Library
Surrey Library
Victoria Library
Internet
Call Number
QZ200 Q6 2015
Website Notes
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Long-term follow-up guidelines for survivors of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancers

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog17698
Children's Oncology Group. Arcadia, CA: CureSearch Children's Oncology Group , 2014. 5th ed.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
Children's Oncology Group
Edition
5th ed.
Place of Publication
Arcadia, CA
Publisher
CureSearch Children's Oncology Group
Publication Date
2014
Subjects
Practice Guideline
Child
Young Adult
Follow-up Studies
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - rehabilitation
Adolescent
Survivors
Language
English
Material Type
Website
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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