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

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124442
Mannix, Kathryn. New York, NY: Little, Brown Spark , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 M284 2018
Availability
2 copies, 2 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…
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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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Perspectives from a psych-oncology team working with teenagers and young adults with cancer : thrown off course

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124972
Abingdon, UK: Routledge , 2023.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ260 P466p 2023
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
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Editor
Elfer, Jane
Place of Publication
Abingdon, UK
Publisher
Routledge
Publication Date
2023
Physical Description
xx, 169 p. ; 24 cm
Series
Tavistock Clinic series
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Psycho-Oncology - methods
Cancer Survivors - psychology
Stress, Psychological - therapy
Terminal Care - psychology
Adolescent
Young Adult
ISBN
9781032351360
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Library
Call Number
QZ260 P466p 2023

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Bright hour : a memoir of living and dying

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120153
Riggs, Nina. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster , 2017.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 R569 2017
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
The Bright Hour is the memoir of Nina Rigg, following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. "With the lyricism of poetry and a voice that never trades on simple grief, 'The Bright Hour' celebrates living -- living well, living fully -- and the transcendent combination of light and darkness that ma…
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Author
Riggs, Nina
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
310 p. ; 22 cm
Subjects
Terminally Ill - psychology
Attitude to Death
Life
Life Change Events
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
Abstract
The Bright Hour is the memoir of Nina Rigg, following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. "With the lyricism of poetry and a voice that never trades on simple grief, 'The Bright Hour' celebrates living -- living well, living fully -- and the transcendent combination of light and darkness that makes us human." - Cover
ISBN
9781501169359
1501169351
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF789 D4 R569 2017
Website Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Dying : a memoir

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120467
Taylor, Cory. Portland, OR: Tin House Books , 2017.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 T238 2017
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Taylor, Cory
Place of Publication
Portland, OR
Publisher
Tin House Books
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
141 p. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Attitude to Death
Dying
Neoplasms - psychology
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
ISBN
9781941040706
1941040705
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
BF789 D4 T238 2017

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Living with learning disabilities, dying with cancer : thirteen personal stories

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20430
Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ200 T914 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
272 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Mentally Disabled Persons - psychology
Learning Disorders - psychology
Intellectual Disability - psychology
Neoplasms - psychology
Comorbidity
Terminal Care - methods
Autobiography
ISBN
9781849050272
1849050279
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ200 T914 2010

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Dying : a book of comfort

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120737
Garden City, NY: GuildAmerica Books , 1996.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 D996 1996
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Editor
McNees, Pat
Place of Publication
Garden City, NY
Publisher
GuildAmerica Books
Publication Date
1996
Subjects
Terminally Ill - psychology
Loss
Bereavement
Grief
Attitude to Death
Anecdotes
Poetry
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
ISBN
1568651570
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF789 D4 D996 1996

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Creating a good death : coping with terminal illness

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15965
Schmidt, Laura. Princeton, NY: Films Media Group , 2004.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 C912 2004
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Originally broadcast on December 10, 2003 on ABC News program Nightlines.
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Author
Schmidt, Laura
Place of Publication
Princeton, NY
Publisher
Films Media Group
Publication Date
2004
Physical Description
26 minutes
Series
Films for the Humanities and Sciences 33509
Subjects
Attitude to Death
Pancreatic Neoplasms - psychology
Hospice Care
Social Support
Terminally Ill
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
Abstract
Originally broadcast on December 10, 2003 on ABC News program Nightlines.
ISBN
9780736596473
Language
English
Material Type
Video
DVD
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
BF789 D4 C912 2004

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Beautiful death : facing the future with peace

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20165
Eckl, Cheryl. Littletown, CO: Flying Crane Press , 2011.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 E19 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Eckl, Cheryl
Place of Publication
Littletown, CO
Publisher
Flying Crane Press
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
295 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Death - psychology
Neoplasms - psychology
Family Relations
Terminally Ill
Attitude to Death
Bereavement
Autobiography
Popular Work
Personal Narratives
ISBN
9780982810705
0982810709
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
BF789 D4 E19 2010

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Dying in public : living with metastatic breast cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121211
Hendler, Sue. Kingston, ON: Michael Grass House , 2012.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WP870 H497 2012
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
This book is comprised of a series columns by Sue Hendler which appeared bi-weekly in her hometown newspaper, The Kingston Whig-Standard, between 2008 - 2009.
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Author
Hendler, Sue
Editor
Overall, Christine
Place of Publication
Kingston, ON
Publisher
Michael Grass House
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
157 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasm Metastasis
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Life Change Events
Attitude to Death
Adaptation, Psychological
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
Abstract
This book is comprised of a series columns by Sue Hendler which appeared bi-weekly in her hometown newspaper, The Kingston Whig-Standard, between 2008 - 2009.
ISBN
9780987972576
098797257X
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WP870 H497 2012

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Psychiatric issues in end of life care in oncology

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog1085
Chochinov, Harvey. [Victoria, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Vancouver Island Cancer Centre , 1999.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ200 C545 1999
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Chochinov, Harvey
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC?]
Publisher
BC Cancer Agency. Vancouver Island Cancer Centre
Publication Date
1999
Physical Description
1/2 inch : colour ; 60 minutes
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Terminal Care - psychology
Quality of Life
Language
English
Material Type
Video
VHS
Audience
Professional
Location
Kelowna Library
Call Number
QZ200 C545 1999

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Top five regrets of the dying : a life transformed by the dearly departing

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Ware, Bronnie. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. , 2019.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 W561 2019
Availability
3 copies, 3 available
"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 tr…
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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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Patient-centered communication in cancer care : promoting healing and reducing suffering

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog16503
Epstein, Ronald M, Street, Richard L. [Bethesda, MD]: National Cancer Institute , 2007.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ266 E64 2007
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
  2 read online  
Author
Epstein, Ronald M
Street, Richard L
Place of Publication
[Bethesda, MD]
Publisher
National Cancer Institute
Publication Date
2007
Physical Description
xiii, 203 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
NIH publication # 07-6225
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Medical Oncology
Patient-Centered Care
Oncology Nursing
Neoplasms - therapy
Counseling - methods
Professional-Patient Relations
Communication
Patient Education as Topic
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Internet
Call Number
QZ266 E64 2007
Read Online
http://outcomes.cancer.gov/areas/pcc/communication/monograph.html
http://outcomes.cancer.gov/areas/pcc/communication/pcc_monograph.pdf

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Psychosocial dimensions of oncology nursing care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog328
Pittsburgh, Pa.: Oncology Nursing Press, Inc. , 1998.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WY161 P974b 1998
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Editor
Burke, Catherine C
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Publisher
Oncology Nursing Press, Inc.
Publication Date
1998
Subjects
Oncology Nursing
Nursing Care - psychology
Neoplasms - psychology
ISBN
1890504068
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Call Number
WY161 P974b 1998

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Chasing daylight : how my forthcoming death transformed my life : a final account

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15970
O'Kelly, Eugene, Postman, Andrew. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill , 2008.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 O41 2008
Availability
1 copy, 0 available
Chasing daylight is the inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, written in the three-and -a-half months between his terminal diagnosis with a brain cancer and his death in September 2005. Interweaving details of his illness with reflections on life, death and success, this passiona…
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Author
O'Kelly, Eugene
Postman, Andrew
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Publication Date
2008
Physical Description
201 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Death - psychology
Terminally Ill - psychology
Brain Neoplasms
Emotional Adjustment
Life Change Events
Quality of Life
Attitude to Death
Personal Narratives
Biography
Popular Work
Abstract
Chasing daylight is the inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, written in the three-and -a-half months between his terminal diagnosis with a brain cancer and his death in September 2005. Interweaving details of his illness with reflections on life, death and success, this passionate, deeply insightful book provides an unforgettable account of O'Kelly's final journey, and is a compelling reminder of the importance of living a balanced and meaningful life.
ISBN
9780071499934
0071499938
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
BF789 D4 O41 2008

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Dying to be me : my journey from cancer, to near death, to true healing

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21458
Moorjani, Anita. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House , 2012.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 M825 2012
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
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Author
Moorjani, Anita
Place of Publication
Carlsbad, CA
Publisher
Hay House
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
xv, 191 p. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Death
Spiritual Therapies
Mind-Body Therapies
Adaptation, Psychological
Personal Narratives
ISBN
9781401937515
9781401937539
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ201 M825 2012

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Living and dying with cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog13858
Armstrong-Coster, Angela. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press , 2004.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 A735 2004
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Armstrong-Coster, Angela
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication Date
2004
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Death - psychology
ISBN
0521546672
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
BF789 A735 2004

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Communication in cancer care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15300
New York, NY: Springer , 2006.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ206 RE34 2006 v.168
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Editor
Stiefel, F
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer
Publication Date
2006
Series
Recent results in cancer research 168
Subjects
Neoplasms - therapy
Communication
Neoplasms - psychology
Counseling - methods
Professional-Patient Relations
Education, Medical - methods
Medical Oncology - education
Physician-Patient Relations
Teaching - methods
ISBN
9783540307570
3540307575
ISSN
0080-0015
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ206 RE34 2006 v.168

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Cancer experience : the doctor, the patient, the journey

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113855
Sessions, Roy B. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. , 2012.
Audience
Professional
More Information
  1 read online  
Author
Sessions, Roy B
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication Date
2012
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Ebrary books
Subjects
Ethics, Medical
Neoplasms - psychology
Patient care - ethics
Medical Oncology - ethics
Physician-Patient Relations
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Suicide, Assisted
ISBN
9781442216235
9781626564275
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
This Proquest title is licensed for ONE BC Cancer staff user at a time. If you are denied access while on a network computer, please try again later.
Authentication via HealthBC sign in required. Use your BC Cancer staff username and ID when prompted.
Read Online
https://login.bccancer.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bccancer-ebooks/reader.action?docID=889026
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Individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer : a treatment manual

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113850
Breitbart, William S., Poppito, Shannon R. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2014.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ266 B835i 2014
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Author
Breitbart, William S.
Poppito, Shannon R.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
xxxi, 80 p. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - therapy
Hope
Neoplasms - psychology
Palliative Care - psychology
Psychotherapy - methods
Terminal Care - psychology
ISBN
9780199837243
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Call Number
QZ266 B835i 2014

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A matter of death and life

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123325
Yalom, Irvin D., Yalom, Marilyn. Stanford, CA: Redwood Press , 2021.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 Y19 2021
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Author
Yalom, Irvin D.
Yalom, Marilyn
Place of Publication
Stanford, CA
Publisher
Redwood Press
Publication Date
2021
Physical Description
xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Subjects
Attitude to Death
Terminally Ill
Grief
Loss
Love
Spouses
Adaptation, Psychological
Aging
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.
ISBN
9781503613768
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
BF789 D4 Y19 2021

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