Corporate Author

Committee on the Health Effects of Marijuana: An Evidence Review and Research Agenda, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Academies Press

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

486 p.

Subjects

Cannabis

Cannabis - drug effects

Cannabinoids

Cannabinoids - therapeutic use

Medical Marijuana

Dose-Response Relationship, Drug

Health Policy

Risk Assessment

United States

Abstract

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

1 INTRODUCTION

2 CANNABIS

3 CANNABIS: PREVALENCE OF USE, REGULATION, AND CURRENT POLICY LANDSCAPE

PART II: THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS

4 THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CANNABIS AND CANNABINOIDS

PART III: OTHER HEALTH EFFECTS

5 CANCER

7 RESPIRATORY DISEASE

8 IMMUNITY

9 INJURY AND DEATH

10 PRENATAL, PERINATAL, AND NEONATAL EXPOSURE TO CANNABIS

11 PSYCHOSOCIAL

12 MENTAL HEALTH

13 PROBLEM CANNABIS USE

14 CANNABIS USE AND THE ABUSE OF OTHER SUBSTANCES

PART IV: RESEARCH BARRIERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

15 CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS IN CONDUCTING CANNABIS RESEARCH

16 RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE THE CANNABIS RESEARCH AGENDA

APPENDIXES

ISBN

9780309453042

9780309453073

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

E-book available in HTML and PDF formats

Author

Smith, Gregory L.

Smith, Kevin F.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

xiv, 238 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Series

R2 Library

Fast facts series

Subjects

Chronic Pain - drug therapy

Pain management

Cannabinoids - therapeutic use

Medical Marijuana - therapeutic use

Analgesics, Opioid - adverse effects

Opioid-Related Disorders - prevention & control

Nurses Instruction

Abstract

Contents:

Chronic Pain and Opioids -- Current Cost of the Opioid Epidemic -- Opioid Use Disorder -- History and Legality of Cannabis -- Overview of the Endocannabinoid System (ECS) -- Cannabinoids and Terpenes -- Synthetic Cannabinoid Pharmaceuticals -- Isolate Cannabinoid Pharmaceuticals -- Medical Marijuana and Bioavailability -- Side Effects of Cannabis Use -- Causes of Chronic Pain -- Treating Chronic Pain with Opioids -- Treating Chronic Pain with Cannabinoids -- Cannabinoid and Opioid Interactions -- Cannabis as an Adjunct to Opioids -- Opioid Sparing with Cannabinoids.

ISBN

0826142990

9780826142993

9780826143129

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Abbotsford Library

Vancouver Library

Victoria Library

Internet

Call Number

WL704.6 S642 2020

Website Notes

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Alternate Title

Managing change in the NHS

Author

Iles, Valerie

Cranfield, Steve

Place of Publication

London, UK

Publisher

NHS Service Delivery and Organization (SDO) R & D Programme

Publication Date

2004

Subjects

Personnel Management

Leadership

Management Quality Circles

Health Services Administration

Organizational Innovation

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Corporate Author

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Place of Publication

[Ottawa, ON]

Publisher

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Statistics Canada

Publication Date

2007

Subjects

Delivery of Health Care

Health Services Accessibility

Medical Care

Public Health

Canada

ISBN

9781554650491

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

PDF available to download from this site

Corporate Author

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Place of Publication

[Ottawa, ON]

Publisher

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Statistics Canada

Publication Date

2001

Subjects

Delivery of Health Care - Canada

Health Services Accessibility

Medical Care - Canada

Public Health - Canada

ISBN

1896104827

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

PDF available to download from this site

Corporate Author

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Place of Publication

[Ottawa, ON]

Publisher

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Statistics Canada

Publication Date

2004

Subjects

Delivery of Health Care - Canada

Health Services Accessibility

Medical Care - Canada

Public Health - Canada

ISBN

1553924061

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

PDF available to download from this site

Corporate Author

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Place of Publication

[Ottawa, ON]

Publisher

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Statistics Canada

Publication Date

2005

Subjects

Delivery of Health Care - Canada

Health Services Accessibility

Medical Care - Canada

Public Health - Canada

ISBN

155392617X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

PDF available to download from this site

Corporate Author

Health Council of Canada

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Health Council of Canada

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Delivery of Health Care - economics

Health Care Costs

Economics, Medical

Canada

ISBN

9781897463406

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

W74 H34 2009

Copies

Editor

Gallagher, Colleen

Ewer, Michael

Place of Publication

San Diego, CA

Publisher

Academic Press

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

xiv, 333 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Medical Oncology - ethics

Ethics, Medical

Abstract

Contents:

1 Ethics and Organizational Identity in a Cancer Care Setting; Introduction; What Makes Cancer Care Ethically Distinct?; Organizational Identity and Ethics; Mission Statements; Codes of Ethics; Institutional Decision-Making Process; The Consequentialist Standard; The Deontological Standard; The Justice Standard; The Common Good Standard; The Character Standard; The Reactive Attitudes Standard; Leadership Structure Putting an Organization?s Ethical Vision into Practice: Some ChallengesConclusion; References; 2 Experience Matters: A Partnership Between Patient and Physician; Introduction; Patient Experience; Leadership in the Face of Clinical Uncertainty; Clinical Scenario; The Predicament: Informed Decision Making in the Face of Clinical Uncertainty; Recommended Action: Be Transparent, Admit Uncertainty; Models of Decision Making; Recommended Action: Educate One Another; Recommended Action: Establish the Roles of the Patient and Physician; Discussion; The Battle of Autonomies in this New Partnership Clinical ScenarioThe Story Continues; Physician Autonomy Comes With Responsibility; Limits to Appropriate and Beneficial Therapies; Communication; Conclusion; References; 3 Patient Experience and End-of-Life Care: A Discussion and Analysis of Four Patients; Introduction; Person-Centered, Family-Oriented Care, and the Patient Experience; Bioethical Principles and End-of-Life Care; Some Challenging Clinical Situations in End-of-Life Care; When Disclosure and Decision-Making Preferences Differ Among Clinicians, Patient and Family; When Patients and Families Demand Care Outside the Usual System When the Value Driving Patient or Family Requests for Care is Not RecognizedWhen Support of Patient Autonomy Is Counterintuitive to Beneficence and Nonmaleficence; Ethical Challenges Inherent in End-of-Life care and Strategies to Facilitate Optimal Outcomes; Conclusions; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; References; 4 Ethical Issues for Children With Cancer; The Ethical Treatment of Children in Research Studies; Direct Benefit to Minor Patients; Proportionality of Risks and Benefits; Parental Permission; Child Assent; Refusal of Care; Religious Objections; Legal Remedies Physician?s Responsibility and RoleParents? Responsibility and Role; Patient?s Responsibility and Role; Ethical Issues at the End of Life for Children With Cancer; Prognostic Disclosure; Advance Care Planning; Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Palliative Sedation; Withholding Nutrition and Hydration; Conclusion; References; 5 Ethical Issues in Cancer Survivorship; Introduction; Vignette 1: I Can Beat This Cancer; Who is a Survivor and What is Survivorship?; Survivors and Providers Worldviews Toward Ethics and Survivorship; Ethical Considerations in Survivorship Care

ISBN

9780128038314

9780128039014

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Kelowna Library

Internet

Call Number

W50 E84 2017

Website Notes

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Author

Wizowski, Lindsay

Harper, Theresa

Hutchings, Tracy;

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

[Hamilton, Ont.]

Publisher

Hamilton Health Sciences

Publication Date

2014

Subjects

Patient Education as Topic

Health Education

Writing

Teaching Materials

Health Literacy

ISBN

9780969743507

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Author

Pluye, Pierre

Barlow, Julie

Grad, Roland

Place of Publication

Montreal, QC

Publisher

McGill-Queen's University Press

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

xii, 182 p. ; 23 cm.

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Decision Making, Computer-Assisted

Internet

Primary Health Care

Physician-Patient Relations

Health Literacy

Medical Informatics

Popular Work

Abstract

Table of Contents:

1 A New Way of Diagnosing -- 2 Do I Really Need This Test? -- 3 When Clinicians Disagree -- 4 The Expanded Role of Pharmacists -- 5 Better Treatment for Chronic Problems and Common Conditions -- 6 Getting Patients Engaged -- 7 The Pros and Cons of "Doctor Google" -- 8 Nurses and Doctors Can't Remember Everything -- 9 The Hidden Problem of Health Literacy -- 10 The Family Doctor of the Future.

ISBN

9780773551367

9780773551909

9780773551916

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

W 26.55.D2 P738 2017

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Alternate Title

American hospital formulary service

Edition

American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

Place of Publication

[Bethesda, MD]

Publisher

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xvi, 3824 p. ; 28 cm.

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Pharmaceutical Preparations

Drug Information Services

Formularies as Topic

Formularies, Hospital

United States

ISBN

9781585282272

1585282278

ISSN

1063-8792

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Alternate Title

Building bridges, strengthening care

Author

Clelland, Cathy

Corporate Author

Family Practice Oncology Network (FPON)

Provincial Primary Care Program (PPCP)

Publisher

BC Cancer Agency

Publication Date

2018

Subjects

Medical Oncology

Regional health planning

Delivery of Health Care

British Columbia

Notes

Report from October 19, 2018

Language

English

Material Type

Report

Audience

Professional

Location

VC Library Archives

Internet

Corporate Author

Alliance for Breast Cancer Information & Support, BC & Yukon

Edition

rev. ed.

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

Alliance for Breast Cancer Information and Support, BC and Yukon

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

10 p. : ill ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

WP870 B829a 2008

Copies

Corporate Author

Alliance for Breast Cancer Information & Support, BC & Yukon

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

Alliance for Breast Cancer Information and Support, BC and Yukon

Publication Date

2012

Physical Description

10 p. : ill ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

VC Library Archives

Call Number

WP870 B829a 2012

Copies

Continues / Continued By

Breast cancer companion guide : information kit (2012)

Corporate Author

Alliance for Breast Cancer Information & Support, BC & Yukon

BC Cancer Agency

Victoria Breast Health Centre

Canadian Cancer Society

Edition

rev. ed.

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

BC Cancer Agency

Publication Date

2013

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Copies

Corporate Author

American Society of Clinical Oncology

Place of Publication

Alexandria, VA

Publisher

American Society of Clinical Oncology

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

iv, 58 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Electronic Health Records

Medical Oncology

Medical Records Systems, Computerized - organization & administration

Quality of Health Care - organization & administration

Cancer Care Facilities

Forms and Records Control

Patient Identification Systems

Guideline

ISBN

9781932312553

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WX175 O58 2008

Website Notes

URL links to resources, events and updates

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Corporate Author

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations

Editor

Hanfling, Dan

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Academies Press

Publication Date

2012

Subjects

Disaster Medicine - standards

Emergency Medical Services - standards

Emergency Treatment - standards

United States

ISBN

9780309253468

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

Available online but the National Academies Press requires people to register before use.

Editor

Dunn, Geoffrey P

Martensen, Robert

Weissman, David

Place of Publication

Chicago, IL

Publisher

American College of Surgeons

Publication Date

2009

Subjects

Palliative Care - methods

Surgical Procedures, Operative - methods

Pain

Education, Medical, Graduate

Physician-Patient Relations

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Author

Thompson, Robert C

Corporate Author

Task Force on Adverse Health Events (N.L.)

Place of Publication

St. John's, NL

Publisher

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

Publication Date

2008

Subjects

Mandatory reporting

Safety Management - methods

Medical Errors - prevention & control

Newfoundland and Labrador

Liability, Legal

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet