Author

Eisenberg, Steven

Place of Publication

Carlsbad, CA

Publisher

Hay House, Inc.

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

xx, 185 pages ; 23 cm

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Physician-Patient Relations

Empathy

Oncologists

Popular Work

Notes

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

ISBN

9781401960896

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 E574 2021

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Author

Marmoreo, Jean

Schneller, Johanna

Place of Publication

Toronto, ON

Publisher

Viking Press

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Terminally Ill

Dying, Assisted

Patient-directed death

Euthanasia

Physician-Patient Relations

Canada

Popular Work

Abstract

"An urgently important exploration of the human stories behind Canada's evolving acceptance of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), from one of its first and most thoughtful practitioners. The Last Doctor recounts Marmoreo's crash course in MAiD and introduces a range of very different and memorable patients, some aged, some suffering from degenerative conditions or with a terminal disease, some surrounded by supportive love, some quite alone, who ask her help to end their suffering with dignity and on their own terms. Dr. Marmoreo also shares her own emotional transformation as she climbs a steep learning curve and learns the intimate truths of the vast range of end-of-life situations" -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN

9780735241077

9780735241084

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WB65 M352 2022

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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Author

Waldinger, Robert J.

Schulz, Marc S.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication Date

2023

Physical Description

ix, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Happiness

Interpersonal Relations

Friends - psychology

Personal Satisfaction

Quality of Life

Popular Work

ISBN

9781982166694

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WB880 W163 2023

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Author

Sehouli, Jalid

Place of Publication

Boca Raton, Fla.

Publisher

CRC Press

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

xiii, 81 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Physician-Patient Relations

Truth Disclosure

Communication

Physician's Role - psychology

Empathy

Attitude of Health Personnel

Abstract

As Head of Oncological Surgery and the Gynecology Clinic at Berlin's Charit Comprehensive Cancer Center, Jalid Sehouli is one of the world's leading cancer specialists. Every day, he experiences situations in which conversations take on a life-or-death significance. Delivering bad news is one of the most difficult tasks we face in life, especially for professionals such as doctors, police, or crisis intervention personnel, yet it is rarely touched on during training. Over the course of their career, a doctor will hold conversations with around 200,000 patients and their relatives that invariably involve delivering good or bad news. Either way, existential questions will arise, and the way the news is delivered is vital: recent studies show that it has a significant impact on patients' quality of life and the way they experience treatment. Mixing his wide-ranging professional experience with personal stories, Sehouli describes the emotions and perspectives of those who have to give and receive bad news from a broad perspective. His book can be helpful for anyone who has to deliver bad news--managers, friends, or parents. - Cover

Notes

Originally authored in the German language by Jalid Sehouli, with the original title, Von der Kunst, schlechte Nachrichten gut zu überbringen, 2018.

ISBN

9780367356682

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Library

Victoria Library

Call Number

W62 S456 2020

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Author

Pearson, Judith L.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Lincoln Square Books

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

xxii, 305 p. : ill ; 23 cm

Subjects

Neoplasms - history

Neoplasms - psychology

Survivorship

Advocacy

Social Change

Policy Making

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

In 1986, twenty-three men and women, all with a personal connection to cancer, came together for a weekend summit. Their goal was not to cure the disease, but to destroy its myths. The creation of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) that weekend launched the cancer survivorship movement, and forever changed the definition of what it means to be a ?survivor.? Twelve years later it led to a march on Washington, D.C., of more than 200,000 people. Part medical history, part inspirational biography, From Shadows to Life is the story of a social movement that continues to improve life for millions.--Back cover.

Notes

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

ISBN

9781947187122

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ201 P361 2021

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Author

Schattner, Elaine

Place of Publication

New York

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Publication Date

2023

Physical Description

xiv, 360 p. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Neoplasms - history

Attitude to Health

Popular Work

ISBN

9780231192262

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 S312 2023

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Author

Hayter, Charles

Place of Publication

Toronto, ON

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

xix, 278 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Physician-Patient Relations

Neoplasms - radiotherapy

Neoplasms - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9781487528157

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 H426c 2022

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Alternate Title

Art of conversation through serious illness

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Caregivers - psychology

Terminally Ill - psychology

Terminal Care - psychology

Popular Work

Notes

Revised edition of Art of conversation through serious illness

ISBN

9780197500293

9780197500316

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.

Author

McDaniel, Kelly

Place of Publication

Carlsbad, CA

Publisher

Hay House, Inc.

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

xvii, 227 pages ; 22 cm

Subjects

Mother-Child Relations

Mothers - psychology

Women - psychology

Behavior Therapy

Stress, Psychological - therapy

Psychological Trauma - therapy

Popular Work

Abstract

"An insatiable need for sex and love. Periods of overeating or starving. A pattern of unstable and painful relationships. Does this sound painfully familiar? Trauma counselor Kelly McDaniel has seen these traits over and over in clients who feel trapped in cycles of harmful behaviors-and are unable to stop. Many of us find ourselves stuck in unhealthy habits simply because we don't see a better way. With Mother Hunger, McDaniel helps women break the cycle of destructive behavior by taking a fresh look at childhood trauma and its lasting impact. In doing so, she destigmatizes the shame that comes with being under-mothered and misdiagnosed. McDaniel offers a healing path with powerful tools that include therapeutic interventions and lifestyle changes in service to healthy relationships. The constant search for mother love can be a lifelong emotional burden, but healing begins with knowing and naming what we are missing. McDaniel is the first clinician to identify Mother Hunger, which demystifies the search for love and provides the compass that each woman needs to end the struggle with achy, lonely emptiness, and come home to herself"-- Provided by publisher

Notes

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

ISBN

9781401960858

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WM172.4 M478 2021

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Author

Bascaramurty, Dakshana

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

McClelland & Stewart

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

285 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subjects

Attitude to Death

Melanoma

Life Change Events

Death and dying

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

Abstract

"The moving, inspiring story of a young husband and father who, when diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age of thirty-three, sets out to build a legacy for his infant son...Powerful and unvarnished, drawing on her conversations with Layton, and his own writing, This Is Not the End of Me contains moments of great beauty and humour, and addresses the consequences of fearing death and what we can gain by accepting its inevitability, as well as reminding us of what it means to live."-- Provided by publisher

ISBN

9780771009631

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 B298 2020

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Author

Good, Michelle

Place of Publication

Toronto, ON

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Publication Date

2023

Physical Description

215 p. : ill. ; 20 cm

Subjects

Indigenous Canadians

Indigenous Canadians - history

Indigenous Canadians - legislation & jurisprudence

Reconciliation

Race Relations

Culture

ISBN

9781443467810

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Status

Processing

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Library

Victoria Library

Call Number

E78.C2 G66t 2023

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Author

McCaw, Pat

Hughes, Beth (Illustrator)

Place of Publication

Rochester, MN

Publisher

Mayo Clinic Press Kids

Publication Date

2024

Physical Description

80 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Series

Helping Paws Academy

Subjects

Therapy Animals

Oncology Service, Hospital

Leukemia - in infancy & childhood

Juvenile Literature

Popular Work

Notes

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

ISBN

9798887700038

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ201 C5 M478 2024

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Alternate Title

Psycho-oncology care

Editor

Kissane, David W.

Watson, Maggie

Breitbart, William

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2023

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Psycho oncology care

Subjects

Neoplasms? psychology

Palliative Care

Terminal Care

Professional-Patient Relations

ISBN

9780197615935

9780197615942

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Author

Ladhams,Tim

Coyle, Jackey

Place of Publication

Melbourne, NSW

Publisher

Wilkinson Publishing

Publication Date

2022

Physical Description

208 pages ; 24 cm

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Popular Work

Abstract

"Cancer Treatment Breakthroughs gives the reader an overview of the disease-how and why people develop cancer-and how treatment has evolved throughout history. It covers recent treatment breakthroughs including early diagnosis and testing through to surgical techniques, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, combination treatments, personalised medicine, clinical trials, and psychosocial oncology. Each chapter contains a detailed case study that shares someone's experience with that treatment, as well as interviews with internationally recognized experts in their fields" --Back cover

ISBN

9781925927825

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ266 C215l 2022

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Author

Stewart, Mellisa N.

Place of Publication

St Louis, MO

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

xiii, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects

Health Literacy

Patient Education as Topic

Professional-Patient Relations

Physician-Patient Relations

ISBN

9780323609081

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Library

Call Number

WA590 S849 2020

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Author

Brown, Theresa

Place of Publication

Chapel Hill, NC

Publisher

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

Publication Date

2022

Physical Description

258 p. ; 22 cm

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Nurses

Patients - psychology

Patient Satisfaction

Quality of Health Care

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9781643750699

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WP870 B877h 2022

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Alternate Title

National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for patients : acute myeloid leukemia

Corporate Author

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

Place of Publication

Plymouth Meeting, PA

Publisher

National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Publication Date

2023

Physical Description

80 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm

Series

NCCN guidelines for patients

Subjects

Popular Work

Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute

ISBN

9781954190887

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Status

Processing

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WH265 N277am 2023

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Author

Han, MeiLan K.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Company

Publication Date

2022

Physical Description

xiv, 176 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Subjects

Respiration

Lung - physiology

Popular Work

Abstract

"An authoritative, accessible guide to how our lungs work and how to protect them. Most of us pay little attention to the workings of our lungs, but the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked interest in their functioning and fear about the risks they face. Dr. MeiLan K. Han, a leading pulmonologist and a national spokesperson for the American Lung Association, takes readers on a fascinating tour of this most vital organ. Han explains the wonder of breathing and reveals how the lungs serve as the body's first line of defense. She provides a timely overview of the latest scientific thinking about the leading respiratory risks--including indoor and outdoor pollution, smoking and vaping, wildfire smoke, and viruses like SARS-CoV-2--and offers a practical guide to keeping lungs healthy. And with authority as both practitioner and medical researcher, she argues powerfully for a social policy that makes a priority of preserving lung health nationwide"-- Provided by publisher

ISBN

9780393866629

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WF105 H233b 2022

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Author

Overmann, Karenleigh A.

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

2023

Physical Description

xxv, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Mathematics

Mathematics--history

Mathematical Concepts

Abstract

"This is a book about numbers - what they are as concepts and how and why they originate - as viewed through the material devices used to represent and manipulate them. Fingers, tallies, tokens, and written notations, invented in both ancestral and contemporary societies, explain what numbers are, why they are the way they are, and how we get them. Overmann is the first to explore how material devices contribute to numerical thinking, initially by helping us to visualize and manipulate the perceptual experience of quantity that we share with other species. She explores how and why numbers are conceptualized and then elaborated, as well as the central role that material objects play in both processes. Overmann's volume thus offers a view of numerical cognition that is based on an alternative set of assumptions about numbers, their material component, and the nature of the human mind and thinking." --back cover

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN

9781009361248

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Status

Received

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QA141.2 O94 2023

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Alternate Title

National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for patients : chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Corporate Author

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

Place of Publication

Plymouth Meeting, PA

Publisher

National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Publication Date

2023

Physical Description

58 p. : ill ; 29 cm

Series

NCCN guidelines for patients

Subjects

Popular Work

Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell

Notes

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

ISBN

9781954190795

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WH260 N277c 2023

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