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Health care use at the end of life in Western Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15954
Canadian Institute for Health Information. [Ottawa, ON]: Canadian Institute for Health Information , 2007.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Place of Publication
[Ottawa, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Publication Date
2007
Subjects
Health Status Indicators
Hospice Care
Terminal Care
Statistics
Terminally Ill
Cause of Death
Mortality
Health Services - utilization
Delivery of Health Care
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
ISBN
9781554650729
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
PDF available to download from this site
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When children die : improving palliative and end-of-life care for children and their families

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog16633
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press , 2003.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WS200 W567 2003
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families
Editor
Field, Marilyn Jane
Behrman, Richard E
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press
Publication Date
2003
Physical Description
xx, 690 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Terminal Care
Child
Health Policy
Patient Participation
Professional-Family Relations
Terminal Care - economics
Terminal Care - legislation & jurisprudence
United States
ISBN
9780309084376
0309084377
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
WS200 W567 2003
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World health statistics 2008

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog16594
World Health Organization. Geneva: World Health Organization , 2008.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WA900.1 W97 2008
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Corporate Author
World Health Organization
Place of Publication
Geneva
Publisher
World Health Organization
Publication Date
2008
Physical Description
110 p. : ill., 30 cm.
Subjects
World Health
Vital Statistics
Risk Factors
Health Status Indicators
Statistics
ISBN
9789241563598
9241563591
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library REF Statistics
Internet
Call Number
WA900.1 W97 2008
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Cancer care quality measures : symptoms and end-of-life care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15568
Lorenz, Karl, Lynn, Joanne. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality , 2006.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Author
Lorenz, Karl
Lynn, Joanne
Corporate Author
Southern California Evidence-Based Practice Center/RAND
Place of Publication
Rockville, MD
Publisher
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Publication Date
2006
Series
Evidence report/technology assessment 137
Subjects
Neoplasms - therapy
Terminal Care
Palliative Care
Process Assessment (Health Care)
ISBN
9781587631931
1587631938
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Palliative and end-of-life care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120409
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer , 2017.
Audience
Professional
Report references: The Bow Tie Model of 21st Century Palliative Care by Dr. Pippa Hawley, January 2015:; http://www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home/For+Professionals/For+Professionals/The+Exchange/Current/The+Bow+Tie+Model+of+21st+Century+Palliative+Care.aspx.; Accompanying report…
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Corporate Author
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
124 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series
System performance reports
Subjects
Palliative Care
Terminal Care
Continuity of Care
Neoplasms
Integrative Oncology
Health Services Accessibility
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Cancer Pain
Quality of Health Care
Statistics
Canada
Abstract
Report references: The Bow Tie Model of 21st Century Palliative Care by Dr. Pippa Hawley, January 2015:
http://www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home/For+Professionals/For+Professionals/The+Exchange/Current/The+Bow+Tie+Model+of+21st+Century+Palliative+Care.aspx.
Accompanying report:
Person-centred perspective Indicators in Canada: a reference report : Palliative and end-of-life care, March 2017.
Notes
September 2017
ISBN
9781988000336
9781988000329
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Palliative care nursing : quality care to the end of life

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121430
New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company , 2019. 5th ed.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Editor
Matzo, Marianne LaPorte
Sherman, Deborah Witt
Edition
5th ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company
Publication Date
2019
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Terminal Care
Hospice Care - psychology
Palliative Care
ISBN
0826127126
9780826127129
9780826127198
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
This R2 title is licensed for one BC Cancer staff user at a time only. Authentication via HealthBC sign in required. Use your BC Cancer staff username and ID when prompted.
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Economic burden of skin cancer in Canada : current and projected : final report

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21051
Krueger, Hans. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer , 2010.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Author
Krueger, Hans
Corporate Author
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
National Skin Cancer Prevention Committee
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Publication Date
2010
Subjects
Skin Neoplasms - epidemiology
Skin Neoplasms - economics
Forecasting
Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data
lence
Canada
Notes
February 26, 2010
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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World health statistics 2012

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20594
World Health Organization. Geneva: World Health Organization , 2012.
Audience
Professional
  2 read online  

Dying in America : improving and honoring individual preferences near the end of life

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21696
Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End of Life Issues, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2014.
Audience
Professional
  2 read online  

To comfort always : a nurse's guide to end-of-life care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122433
Norlander, Linda. Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International , 2014.
Audience
Professional
Contents:; Beginning -- Advance care planning -- Chronic illness and end of life -- Dementia and end of life -- Pain management : it?s more than knowing meds -- Physical symptom management -- Suffering : it?s not just the pain -- Active dying : the final days and hours -- After the death : the long…
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Author
Norlander, Linda
Place of Publication
Indianapolis, IN
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International
Publication Date
2014
Series
EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection
Subjects
Terminal Care
Nursing Care
Advance Care Planning
Abstract
Contents:
Beginning -- Advance care planning -- Chronic illness and end of life -- Dementia and end of life -- Pain management : it?s more than knowing meds -- Physical symptom management -- Suffering : it?s not just the pain -- Active dying : the final days and hours -- After the death : the long journey to the car -- Pediatric end of life : when a child is dying -- Cultural sensitivity : looking through different eyes -- Hospice : the gold standard for end-of-life care -- Ethical issues in end-of-life care -- A final note : taking care.
ISBN
9781938835506
9781938835520
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Palliative care nursing : quality care to the end of life

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122432
New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC , 2015. 4th ed.
Audience
Professional
Contents:; Introduction to palliative care / Marianne Matzo, Tonie Metheny -- Palliative care : responsive to the need for health care reform in America / Deborah Witt Sherman, Marilyn Bookbinder, Marlene McHugh -- Ethical aspects of palliative care / Anita J. Tarzian, Judith Kennedy Schwartz -- Le…
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Editor
Matzo, Marianne
Sherman, Deborah Witt
Edition
4th ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company, LLC
Publication Date
2015
Series
EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection
Subjects
Terminal Care
Critical illness - nursing
Palliative Care
Hospice Care - psychology
Abstract
Contents:
Introduction to palliative care / Marianne Matzo, Tonie Metheny -- Palliative care : responsive to the need for health care reform in America / Deborah Witt Sherman, Marilyn Bookbinder, Marlene McHugh -- Ethical aspects of palliative care / Anita J. Tarzian, Judith Kennedy Schwartz -- Legal aspects of palliative care and advance care planning / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- Culture and spirituality as domains of palliative care / Deborah Witt Sherman, David Free -- Sexual health and intimacy / Marianne Matzo -- Family caregivers / Deborah Witt Sherman, JooYoung Cheon, Deborah Witt Sherman -- Communicating with seriously ill and dying patients, their families, and their health care providers / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- Health promotion and rehabilitation in palliative care / John P. Rosenberg, Kathrine Hammill -- Loss, suffering, grief, and bereavement / Mertie L. Potter, Brendan Wynne -- Holistic integrative therapies / Carla Mariano -- Cancer / Amy E. Guthrie -- End stage heart disease / Judith B. Dyne -- Chronic lung disease / Mary Brennan -- Dementia neurodegenerative illness : stroke, coma, and brain death / Christine Kovach, Sheila Reynolds -- End stage renal disease / Lynn R. Noland -- End stage liver disease / Robert B. Davis -- HIV/AIDS / Carl Kirton, Anna Krakowski, Deborah Witt Sherman -- Pain / Nessa Coyle, Mary Layman-Goldstein, Leslie Hunter-Johnson -- Dyspnea / Cindy R. Balkstra -- Anxiety, depression, and delirium / Constance M. Dahlin -- PTSD / Kristin Sorocco, Kristi Bratkovich, JoAnne Whalen -- Gastrointestinal symptoms / Raymond R. Blush III, Pamala D. Larsen -- Fatigue / Marianne Matzo, Cameron Soltani -- Skin alterations / Elizabeth Ayello, R. Gary Sibbald, Kevin Y. Woo, Laurie Goodman -- Peri-death nursing care / Marianne Matzo, Jane A. Hill.
ISBN
9780826196354
9780826196361
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel : end-of-life decision making : report

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20773
Schüklenk, Udo. [Ottawa, ON]: Royal Society of Canada , 2011.
Audience
Professional
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Psycho-oncology in palliative and end of life care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124548
New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2023.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
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
This title is licensed for one user at a time on BC Cancer network computer. If you are denied access while on a network computer, try again later.
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Hiding who I am : the reality of end of life care for LGBT people

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120028
Marie Curie. [United Kingdom]: Marie Curie , 2016.
Audience
Professional
Report exploring end of life care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender peoples.
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
Marie Curie
Place of Publication
[United Kingdom]
Publisher
Marie Curie
Publication Date
2016
Subjects
Terminal Care
Terminally Ill - psychology
Palliative Care
Hospice Care
Patient-Centered Care
Patient Satisfaction
Surveys and Questionnaires
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Health Services for Transgender Persons
Abstract
Report exploring end of life care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender peoples.
Notes
SOGIE 2SLGBTQIA Collection
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Caregiver's guide : a handbook about end of life care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120137
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. [Ottawa, ON]: Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem | Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association , 2014. Rev. ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WB310 C271 2014
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
"A Caregiver's Guide was created to provide information for family caregivers to draw upon when preparing and caring for a loved one who has a progressive illness, especially at home. It was developed to complement resources and information provided to caregivers by healthcare professionals, includ…
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Alternate Title
Handbook about end-of-life care
Caregivers guide
Corporate Author
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
Editor
Macmillan, Karen
Edition
Rev. ed.
Place of Publication
[Ottawa, ON]
Publisher
Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
x, 182 p. ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Caregivers
Home Nursing
Terminal Care
Palliative Care
Hospices
Abstract
"A Caregiver's Guide was created to provide information for family caregivers to draw upon when preparing and caring for a loved one who has a progressive illness, especially at home. It was developed to complement resources and information provided to caregivers by healthcare professionals, including hospice palliative care teams." - Cover
Table of Contents:
1 WHEN A PROGRESSIVE LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS IS DIAGNOSED
2 GIVING PHYSICAL CARE
3 CARE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEMS
4 AS LIFE ENDS
5 BOOKS AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT MAY BE HELPFUL
ISBN
0968670016
9780968670019
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Internet
Call Number
WB310 C271 2014
Website Notes
Available in PDF format
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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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Completing the circle : healing words about end of life spoken to Aboriginal families

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog16296
Hampton, Mary. Regina, SK: Luther College, University of Regina , 2006.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D4 C737 2006
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
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Author
Hampton, Mary
Place of Publication
Regina, SK
Publisher
Luther College, University of Regina
Publication Date
2006
Physical Description
53 minutes
Subjects
First Nations
Death - psychology
Attitude to Death
Social Support
Terminal Care
Cultural Diversity
Cross Cultural Comparison
Family
Popular Work
Language
English
Material Type
Video
DVD
Online
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Prince George Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF789 D4 C737 2006
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Advance care planning : communicating about matters of life and death

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120461
New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC , 2014.
Audience
Patient or Public
Table of Contents available at URL
  1 read online  
Editor
Rogne, Leah
McCune, Susana Lauraine
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company, LLC
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
xvi, 383 p. : ill.
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Advance Care Planning - organization & administration
Communication
Family Relations
Professional-Patient Relations
Terminal Care
Palliative Care
Hospice Care
Decision Making
Abstract
Table of Contents available at URL
ISBN
9780826110213
9780192542359
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Investment in cancer risk and prevention research 2005-2007 : a special report from the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance's survey of government and voluntary sector investment in cancer research

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18860
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA) , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ206 C215c 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
This report focuses on investment in research focused on cancer risk and prevention over a three-year period. Research is critiical to our understanding of cancer risk and effective cancer prevention strategies. The investment in cancer risk and prevention at $122.3M represented 11% of the overal…
  2 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA)
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
53 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - economics
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Research
Research Support as Topic
Investments - statistics & numerical data
Financing, Organized
Canada
Statistics
Abstract
This report focuses on investment in research focused on cancer risk and prevention over a three-year period. Research is critiical to our understanding of cancer risk and effective cancer prevention strategies. The investment in cancer risk and prevention at $122.3M represented 11% of the overall investment in cancer research form 2005-07.
ISSN
9780978415761 (print)
9780978415778 (PDF)
Language
English
Material Type
Serial
Report
Online
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
QZ206 C215c 2010
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World cancer report 2008

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog17717
International Agency for Research on Cancer. Lyon, France: IARC Press , 2008.
Audience
Professional
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Editor
Boyle, Peter
Levin, Bernard
Place of Publication
Lyon, France
Publisher
IARC Press
Publication Date
2008
Subjects
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Neoplasms - etiology
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Neoplasms - therapy
World Health
Statistics
ISBN
9789283204237
9283204239
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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