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Do you believe in magic? : the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine

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Offit, Paul A. New York, NY: Harper , 2013.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WB890 O32 2013

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Do you believe in magic? : vitamins, supplements and all things natural : a look behind the curtain

Author: Offit, Paul A

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Harper

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: x, 322 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Complementary Therapies; Quackery; Deception; Pseudoscience; Popular Work

Notes: Paperback edition has alternate title.

ISBN: 9780062222961; 9780062222985 (pbk.)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WB890 O32 2013

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Quack quack : the threat of pseudoscience

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Schwarcz, Joe. Toronto, ON: ECW Press , 2022.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ310 S399 2022

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

"In Quack Quack, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, who has been battling flimflam for decades, focuses on the deluge of anecdotes, cherry-picked data, pseudoscientific nonsense, and seductive baseless health claims that undermine efforts to educate the public about evidence-based science. The wide scope of the top…

Author: Schwarcz, Joe

Place of Publication: Toronto, ON

Publisher: ECW Press

Publication Date: 2022

Physical Description: xiii, 242 pages ; 21 cm

Subjects: Quackery; Pseudoscience; Popular Work

Abstract: "In Quack Quack, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, who has been battling flimflam for decades, focuses on the deluge of anecdotes, cherry-picked data, pseudoscientific nonsense, and seductive baseless health claims that undermine efforts to educate the public about evidence-based science. The wide scope of the topics drawn from past and present aims to cast a life preserver to people drowning in a sea of misinformation."-- Provided by publisher

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

ISBN: 9781770416581

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ310 S399 2022

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Is Gwyneth Paltrow wrong about everything? : when celebrity culture and science clash

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Caulfield, Timothy. [Toronto, ON]: Penguin Group , 2016.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: W85 C372 2016

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Caulfield, Timothy

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Penguin Group

Publication Date: 2016

Physical Description: 381 p. 21 cm.

Subjects: Popular Culture; Health Behavior; Attitude to Health; Complementary Therapies - psychology; Quackery; Pseudoscience; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780143189039

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: W85 C372 2016

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Moral resilience : transforming moral suffering in healthcare

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2018.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W50 M828 2018

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Contents:; Moral suffering : a reality of clinical practice -- Moral distress : context, sources, and consequences -- Mapping the path of moral adversity -- Integrity : the anchor for moral resilience -- The many faces of resilience -- Conceptualizing resilience in the moral domain -- Cultivatin…

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Editor: Rushton, Cynda H.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: x, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects: Ethics, Professional; Morals; Stress, Psychological; Resilience, Psychological

Abstract: Contents:; Moral suffering : a reality of clinical practice -- Moral distress : context, sources, and consequences -- Mapping the path of moral adversity -- Integrity : the anchor for moral resilience -- The many faces of resilience -- Conceptualizing resilience in the moral domain -- Cultivating essential capacities for moral resilience -- Strategies to restore integrity -- Designing sustainable systems for ethical practice -- Creating a culture of moral resilience and ethical practice -- A closing word : a vision for the future .

ISBN: 9780190619268; 9780190619282

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet; Kelowna Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: W50 M828 2018

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Food isn't medicine : how misinformation is harming our health

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Wolrich, Joshua. London: Vermillion , 2021.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WB890 W866 2021

Availability: 2 copies, 1 available

Author: Wolrich, Joshua

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Vermillion

Publication Date: 2021

Physical Description: 294 p. 20 cm.

Subjects: Diet; Diet Fads; Life Style; Pseudoscience; Attitude to Health; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781785043468

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WB890 W866 2021

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Holistic approach to cancer

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Pearce, Ian C. Essex, England: C.W. Daniel Company Limited , 1989.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ201.5 P359 1989

Author: Pearce, Ian C

Place of Publication: Essex, England

Publisher: C.W. Daniel Company Limited

Publication Date: 1989

Subjects: Quackery; Holistic Health; Neoplasms - popular works

ISBN: 0852072112

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201.5 P359 1989

Cure for all cancers

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Clark, Hulda Regehr. San Diego, Ca.: New Century Press , 1993.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ201.5 C593 1993

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Clark, Hulda Regehr

Place of Publication: San Diego, Ca.

Publisher: New Century Press

Publication Date: 1993

Subjects: Quackery - popular works; Neoplasms - popular works; Alternative Medicine

ISBN: 1890035009

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201.5 C593 1993

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Cancer cure that worked : fifty years of suppression

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Lynes, Barry, Rife, Royal R. Queensville, Ont.: Marcus Books , 1987.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ201.5 L988 1987

Alternate Title: Rife Report

Author: Lynes, Barry; Rife, Royal R

Place of Publication: Queensville, Ont.

Publisher: Marcus Books

Publication Date: 1987

Subjects: Neoplasms - popular works; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Quackery - popular works

ISBN: 919951309

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201.5 L988 1987

If it sounds like a quack...: a journey to the fringes of American medicine

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Hongoltz-Hetling, Matthew. New York: PublicAffairs , 2023.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ310 H772 2023

Availability: 3 copies, 2 available

Author: Hongoltz-Hetling, Matthew

Editor: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Publication Date: 2023

Physical Description: vii, 323 p. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Quackery; Complementary Therapies; Social medicine - United States; Popular Work

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

ISBN: 9781541788879

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WZ310 H772 2023

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Cure for all advanced cancers

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Clark, Hulda Regehr. Chula Vista, CA: New Century Press , 1999.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ201.5 C593c 1999

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Clark, Hulda Regehr

Place of Publication: Chula Vista, CA

Publisher: New Century Press

Publication Date: 1999

Physical Description: vi, 610 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Quackery; Neoplasms - therapy; Complementary Therapies; Diet Therapy; Popular Work

ISBN: 1890035165

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201.5 C593c 1999

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Cancer : there is hope : ramblings

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Tylor, Byrun F. [Burnaby, BC]: Alive Books , 1993.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ201.5 T985 1993

Author: Tylor, Byrun F

Place of Publication: [Burnaby, BC]

Publisher: Alive Books

Publication Date: 1993

Subjects: Quackery; Alternative Medicine; Neoplasms - biography

ISBN: 920470521

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201.5 T985 1993

Relationship of belief in control and commitment to life to cancer patients' inclination to use unproven cancer therapies

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Skinn, Barbara Jean. [Vancouver, BC?]: University of British Columbia , 1990.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ201 S628 1990

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Skinn, Barbara Jean

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: University of British Columbia

Publication Date: 1990

Subjects: Quackery; Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - therapy

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Thesis

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201 S628 1990

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Essiac report : the true story of a Canadian herbal cancer remedy and of the thousands of lives it continus to save

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Thomas, Richard. Los Angeles, Ca.: Alternative Treatment Information Network , 1993.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ201.5 T461 1993

Alternate Title: Canada's remarkable unknown remedy : the essiac report

Author: Thomas, Richard

Place of Publication: Los Angeles, Ca.

Publisher: Alternative Treatment Information Network

Publication Date: 1993

Subjects: Essiac; Alternative Medicine; Medicine, Herbal; Quackery

ISBN: 096381803

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ201.5 T461 1993

Magic or medicine? : an investigation of healing and healers

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Buckman, Robert, Sabbagh, Karl. [Toronto, ON]: Key Porter Books , 1993.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ64 B925 1993

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Buckman, Robert; Sabbagh, Karl

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Key Porter Books

Publication Date: 1993

Subjects: Medicine; Alternative Medicine; Complementary Therapies; Quackery

ISBN: 1550132954

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WZ64 B925 1993

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Ethics of social work : a context of caring

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Guttman, David. New York, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc. , 2006.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W322 G985 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Guttman, David

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: The Haworth Press, Inc.

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: ix, 295 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Social Work - ethics; Social Workers - ethics

ISBN: 9780789028532; 0789028530

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library

Call Number: W322 G985 2006

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Handbook for health care ethics committees

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Post, Linda Farber, Blustein, Jeffrey, Dubler, Nancy Neveloff. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press , 2007.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WB 60 P857h 2007

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Ethical foundations of clinical practice; Decision making and decisional capacity in adults; Informed consent and refusal; Truth telling: disclosure and confidentiality; Special decision-making concerns of minors; End-of-life issues; Palliation; Justice, access to care, and organizational ethics; A…

Author: Post, Linda Farber; Blustein, Jeffrey; Dubler, Nancy Neveloff

Place of Publication: Baltimore, MD

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xiii, 327 p. ; 26 cm.

Subjects: Ethics Committees, Clinical - ethics; Ethics, Clinical; Bioethical Issues

Abstract: Ethical foundations of clinical practice; Decision making and decisional capacity in adults; Informed consent and refusal; Truth telling: disclosure and confidentiality; Special decision-making concerns of minors; End-of-life issues; Palliation; Justice, access to care, and organizational ethics; Approaches to ethics consultation; Sample clinical cases

ISBN: 9780801884481; 0801884489

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WB 60 P857h 2007

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Participatory healthcare : a person-centered approach to healthcare transformation

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Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group , 2017.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W 84.7 P273 2017

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Contents:; The new DIY healthcare consumer / Jane Sarasohn-Kahn -- The science and practice of health behavior change / Catherine Serio, and Susan Butterworth -- High tech and high touch primary and chronic care / Jan Oldenburg -- Acute care and hospitalizations / Jan Oldenburg -- Whole health / Ma…

Editor: Oldenburg, Jan; Griskewicz, Mary P.

Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.

Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: xxvii, 309 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Patient Participation; Professional - Patient Relations; Delivery of Health Care - methods; Medical Informatics; Anecdotes

Abstract: Contents:; The new DIY healthcare consumer / Jane Sarasohn-Kahn -- The science and practice of health behavior change / Catherine Serio, and Susan Butterworth -- High tech and high touch primary and chronic care / Jan Oldenburg -- Acute care and hospitalizations / Jan Oldenburg -- Whole health / Mary Griskewicz -- Family caregivers, health information technology, and culture change / MaryAnne Sterling -- Programs that work to promote partnership and engagement / John Sharp.