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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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New alchemists : the rise of deceptive healthcare

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Garrett, Bernie. London, UK: Hammersmith Health Books , 2021.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ310 G239 2021

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Garrett explores real-world examples of deceptive health science, professional malpractice, misleading marketing, celebrity health fads, deception in alternative medicine, and more. -- Provided by publisher.

Author: Garrett, Bernie

Place of Publication: London, UK

Publisher: Hammersmith Health Books

Publication Date: 2021

Physical Description: x, 415 p. ; 22 cm

Subjects: Deception; Fraud; Quackery; Ethics,; Pseudoscience; Popular Work

Abstract: Garrett explores real-world examples of deceptive health science, professional malpractice, misleading marketing, celebrity health fads, deception in alternative medicine, and more. -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9781781611883

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WZ310 G239 2021

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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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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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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, 2 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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Unconventional therapy

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Brigden, Malcolm L, Manner, Harold. [Victoria, BC?]: Victoria Cancer Clinic , 1984.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ266 V645 1984

Author: Brigden, Malcolm L; Manner, Harold

Corporate Author: Victoria Cancer Clinic

Place of Publication: [Victoria, BC?]

Publisher: Victoria Cancer Clinic

Publication Date: 1984

Physical Description: 1/2 inch : colour ; 60 minutes

Subjects: Quackery - videocassettes

Language: English

Material Type: Video; VHS

Audience: Professional

Location: VC Library Archives

Call Number: QZ266 V645 1984

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

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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Threat to fortune and health : anti-smoking

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Canadian Cancer Society. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Cancer Society , 1987.

Audience: Patient or Public

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Corporate Author: Canadian Cancer Society

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Canadian Cancer Society

Publication Date: 1987

Subjects: Smoking - prevention & control - popular works - pamphlets

Language: Chinese

Material Type: Pamphlet

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library Pamphlet File

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Possibility of breast cancer recurrence : coping with perceived threats

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Vickberg, Suzanne Marie Johnson. New York, NY: University of New York , 2000.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WP870 V636 2000

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Vickberg, Suzanne Marie Johnson

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: University of New York

Publication Date: 2000

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasm Metastasis; Recurrence

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Thesis

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 V636 2000

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Healing a spouse's grieving heart : 100 practical ideas after your husband or wife dies : compassionate advice and simple activities for widows and widowers

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Wolfelt, Alan. Fort Collins, CO: Companion Press , c2003.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF575 W857 2003

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Includes advice on when and how to dispose of a mate's belongings, dealing with children, and redefining role with friends and family.

Author: Wolfelt, Alan

Place of Publication: Fort Collins, CO

Publisher: Companion Press

Publication Date: c2003

Subjects: Grief - popular works; Grief - psychology - popular works; Loss - psychology - popular works; Spouses - popular works; Bereavement - popular works

Abstract: Includes advice on when and how to dispose of a mate's belongings, dealing with children, and redefining role with friends and family.

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 1879651378; 9781879651371

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF575 W857 2003

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Dying at home : a family guide for caregiving

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Sankar, Andrea. Baltimore, md.: Johns Hopkins University Press , 1991.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 S227 1991

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Includes information about bringing the dying person home; solving problems of caregiving; community support; social support; the well-being of the caregiver; how death occurs; and grieving after the loved one?s death. Includes stories from people who have cared for a dying person.

Author: Sankar, Andrea

Place of Publication: Baltimore, md.

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Date: 1991

Subjects: Bereavement - popular works; Grief - popular works; Death - popular works; Terminal Care - popular works; Home Care Services - popular works; Attitude to Death - popular works

Abstract: Includes information about bringing the dying person home; solving problems of caregiving; community support; social support; the well-being of the caregiver; how death occurs; and grieving after the loved one?s death. Includes stories from people who have cared for a dying person.