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Giving : how each of us can change the world

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Clinton, Bill. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf , 2007.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: HN18 C477 2007

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

The explosion of private citizens doing public good; Giving money; Giving time; Giving things; Giving skills; Gifts of reconciliation and new beginnings; Gifts that keep on giving; Model gifts; Giving to good ideas; Organizing markets for the public good; Nonprofit markets can be organized too; Wha…

Author: Clinton, Bill

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xiii, 240 p. ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Organizations, Nonprofit; Gift Giving; Fund Raising; Social Change; Interpersonal Relations; Voluntary Workers; World Health

Abstract: The explosion of private citizens doing public good; Giving money; Giving time; Giving things; Giving skills; Gifts of reconciliation and new beginnings; Gifts that keep on giving; Model gifts; Giving to good ideas; Organizing markets for the public good; Nonprofit markets can be organized too; What about government?; How much should you give and why?

ISBN: 9780307266743

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: HN18 C477 2007

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Writing for a good cause : the complete guide to|crafting proposals and other persuasive pieces for nonprofits

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Barbato, Joseph, Furlich, Danielle S. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster , 2000.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: Z250.6 B231 2000

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Author: Barbato, Joseph; Furlich, Danielle S

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 2000

Subjects: Writing; Research Support; Financial Support; Fund Raising; Public Relations; Organizations, Nonprofit

ISBN: 9780684857404; 0684857405

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Library; Kelowna Library

Call Number: Z250.6 B231 2000

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Truth about the drug companies : how they deceive us and what to do about it

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Angell, Marcia. New York, NY: Random House Trade Paperbacks , 2005. updated ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QV736 A583t 2005

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and …

Author: Angell, Marcia

Edition: updated ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: xxviii, 319p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Drug Industry - economics; Advertising as Topic; Pharmaceutical Preparations - economics; Biomedical Research - economics; Government Regulation; Marketing of Health Services; United States

Abstract: The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and kickbacks -- Marketing masquerading as education -- Marketing masquerading as research -- Patent games : stretching out monopolies -- Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way -- Is the party over? -- How to save the pharmaceutical industry...and get our money's worth.

ISBN: 9780375760945; 0375760946

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QV736 A583t 2005

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Through the fire : a fundraiser to beat ovarian cancer, the silent killer

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Constantine, Crissa. Parksville, BC: Crissa Constantine , 2008.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP322 C758t 2008

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Constantine, Crissa

Place of Publication: Parksville, BC

Publisher: Crissa Constantine

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: 48 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Ovarian Neoplasms - psychology; Fund Raising; Social Support; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9780980943801

Language: English

Material Type: Booklet; Handout

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP322 C758t 2008

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Our higher calling : rebuilding the partnership between America and its colleges and universities

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Thorp, Holden, Goldstein, Buck. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press , 2018.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: LB2326.4 T517 2018

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Thorp, Holden; Goldstein, Buck

Place of Publication: Chapel Hill, NC

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: 191 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Universities; Academies and Institutes; Education - economics; United States

ISBN: 9781469646862

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: LB2326.4 T517 2018

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Cancer-gate : how to win the losing cancer war

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Epstein, Samuel S. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. , 2005.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ202 E64c 2005

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Alternate Title: Cancergate

Author: Epstein, Samuel S

Place of Publication: Amityville, NY

Publisher: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.

Publication Date: 2005

Series: Policy, politics, health and medicine series

Subjects: Neoplasms - etiology; Neoplasms - prevention & control; Carcinogens, Environmental - adverse effects; Food Contamination; Politics - U.S.; Health Policy - United States

ISBN: 0895033100 (cloth); 0895033542 (pbk.)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ202 E64c 2005

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Working it out : your employment rights as a cancer survivor

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Hoffman, Barbara. Silver Spring, Md.: National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship , 2008.

Audience: Patient or Public

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Author: Hoffman, Barbara

Place of Publication: Silver Spring, Md.

Publisher: National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

Publication Date: 2008

Subjects: Neoplasms - economics; Employment; Work; Civil Rights; Patient Advocacy; United States

Language: English

Material Type: Pamphlet; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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Malignant : how bad policy and bad evidence harm people with cancer

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Prasad, Vinayak K. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press , 2020.

Audience: Professional

"In this critical study of current cancer therapies, Dr. Prasad, an oncologist and hematologist, examines oncology practice and policy in the United States. His book is organized into four sections: (1) an overview of cancer drugs, (2) forces that distort cancer medicine and practice, (3) details a…

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Author: Prasad, Vinayak K.

Place of Publication: Baltimore, MD

Publisher: John Hopkins University Press

Publication Date: 2020

Series: Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects: Neoplasms - drug therapy; Antineoplastic Agents - economics; Biomedical Research - economics; Drug Development - economics; Health Policy; Patient rights; United States

Abstract: "In this critical study of current cancer therapies, Dr. Prasad, an oncologist and hematologist, examines oncology practice and policy in the United States. His book is organized into four sections: (1) an overview of cancer drugs, (2) forces that distort cancer medicine and practice, (3) details about cancer research and practice, (4) recommended solutions on multiple levels (policy, practitioners, medical education, and pharmacology)"-- Provided by publisher.; Contents:; The Basics of Cancer Drugs : Cost, Benefit, Value -- Surrogate Endpoints in Cancer : What Are They and Where Are They Used? -- Use and Misuse of Surrogates for Drug Approvals -- How High Prices Harm Patients and Society -- Hype, Spin, and the Unbridled Enthusiasm That Distorts Cancer Medicine -- Financial Conflict of Interest -- The Harms of Financial Conflicts and How to Rehabilitate Medicine -- Will Precision Oncology Save Us? -- Study Design -- Principles of Oncology Practice -- Important Trials in Oncology -- Global Oncology -- How Should Cancer Drug Development Proceed? -- What Can the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and -- Medicaid Services Do Tomorrow? -- What Can People with Cancer Do? -- What Can Students, Residents, and Fellows Do?

ISBN: 9781421437637; 9781421437644

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Malignant : how cancer becomes us

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Jain, S. Lochlann. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press , 2013.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 J25 2013

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Jain, S. Lochlann

Place of Publication: Berkeley, CA

Publisher: University of California Press

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: 290 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Carcinogens; Health Policy; Medical Oncology - legislation & jurisprudence; Neoplasms - economics; Research Support as Topic; United States; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9780520276574

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ200 J25 2013

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Environmental cancer : a political disease

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Lichter, S. Robert, Rothman, Stanley. New Haven, Ct.: Yale University Press , 1999.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ202 L699 1999

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Lichter, S. Robert; Rothman, Stanley

Place of Publication: New Haven, Ct.

Publisher: Yale University Press

Publication Date: 1999

Subjects: Carcinogens, Environmental; Politics

ISBN: 300076347

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ202 L699 1999

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Redefining health care : creating value-based competition on results

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Porter, Michael E, Teisberg, Elizabeth Olmsted. [Boston, MA]: Harvard Business School Press , 2006.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W74 AA1 P847r 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Scoping the problem; Identifying the root causes; How reform went wrong; Principles of value-based competition; Strategic implications for health care providers; Strategic implications for health plans; Implications for suppliers, consumers, and employers; Health care policy and value-based competi…

Author: Porter, Michael E; Teisberg, Elizabeth Olmsted

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Harvard Business School Press

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: xvii, 506 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Delivery of Health Care - economics; Quality of Health care - economics; Health Care Costs; Economic Competition; United States

Abstract: Scoping the problem; Identifying the root causes; How reform went wrong; Principles of value-based competition; Strategic implications for health care providers; Strategic implications for health plans; Implications for suppliers, consumers, and employers; Health care policy and value-based competition: implications for government.

ISBN: 9781591397786; 1591397782

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W74 AA1 P847r 2006

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Financial information for cancer patients

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BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

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Corporate Author: BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency. Patient and Family Counselling Services

Publication Date: 2015

Subjects: Neoplasms - economics; Social Support; Financial Support; Insurance, Disability; Insurance, Health; Insurance Benefits; Employment; Popular Work

Language: English

Material Type: Booklet; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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Big squeeze : a social and political history of the controversial mammogram

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Reynolds, Handel. Ithaca: ILR Press , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP815 R463 2012

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Reynolds, Handel

Place of Publication: Ithaca

Publisher: ILR Press

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: 121 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Culture and politics of health care work

Subjects: Mammography - history; Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; Breast Neoplasms - radiography; Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control; Friends; Mass Screening; United States

ISBN: 9780801450938

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP815 R463 2012

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Lead from the outside : how to build your future and make real change

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Abrams, Stacey. New York, NY: Picador , 2019.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WX159 A161a 2019

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Minority leader

Author: Abrams, Stacey

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Picador

Publication Date: 2019

Physical Description: xxx, 226 p. ; 21 cm

Subjects: Leadership; Social Change; Political Activism; Personal Narratives; United States

Notes: "Previously published as Minority leader"-- Cover.

ISBN: 9781250214805

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Kelowna Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: WX159 A161a 2019

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Managing health care business strategy

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Moseley, George B., III. Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning , 2018. 2nd ed.

Audience: Professional

Table of Contents:; Basic strategy concepts -- Internal audit of strategic assets : resources and competencies -- External environmental assessment : law, economics, demographics, technology -- External environmental assessment : market and customers -- External environmental assessment : industry …

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Author: Moseley, George B., III

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Burlington, MA

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Learning

Publication Date: 2018

Series: R2 Library

Subjects: Financial Management - methods; Health Facilities - economics; Health Services Administration - economics

Abstract: Table of Contents:; Basic strategy concepts -- Internal audit of strategic assets : resources and competencies -- External environmental assessment : law, economics, demographics, technology -- External environmental assessment : market and customers -- External environmental assessment : industry and competitors -- Defining the future direction of the organization -- Formulating corporate-level strategy -- Formulating SBU-level and functional area strategy -- Implementing the strategy -- Monitoring, fine tuning, and changing the strategy -- Strategic planning options : internal expansion -- Strategic planning options : strategic alliances -- Strategic planning options : mergers and acquisitions -- Strategic planning options : downsizing, divestiture, and bankruptcy -- Finance in strategic planning -- Marketing in strategic planning -- Human resources in strategic planning -- Legal implications of strategic decisions -- Organization design and culture -- Managing strategic change -- Tools for strategic analysis, planning, and management -- Strategy in other types of organizations.

ISBN: 1284081109; 9781284081107; 9781284081114

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Financial information for cancer patients

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BC Cancer Agency. Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior. Kelowna, BC: BC Cancer Agency. Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior , 2008.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ200 B365f 2008

Health care team discussion; Overall outline of content; Dr. Jefferys and patient; Income replacement options (Human Resources Canada); CPP disability; Prescription coverage; Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance; Health Insurance BC and General Medical Costs (premium assistance); Transporta…

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Agency. Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior

Place of Publication: Kelowna, BC

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency. Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: 17 minutes

Subjects: Neoplasms - economics; Social Support; Financial Support; Insurance, Disability; Insurance, Health; Insurance Benefits; Employment; British Columbia; Canada; Popular Work

Abstract: Health care team discussion; Overall outline of content; Dr. Jefferys and patient; Income replacement options (Human Resources Canada); CPP disability; Prescription coverage; Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance; Health Insurance BC and General Medical Costs (premium assistance); Transportation

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: VC Library Archives

Call Number: QZ200 B365f 2008

Financial information for cancer patients

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BC Cancer Agency. Psychosocial Oncology. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services , 2015. 2nd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ200 B365f 2015

Availability: 8 copies, 8 available

1. Introduction (1:40 minutes); Introduction (video) Hosted by Shelley Pennington, BC Cancer Agency; 2. I need to stop working? (12:44 minutes); I need to stop working (video) Hosted by Maureen Parkinson & Douglas Ozier, BC Cancer Agency; 3. Accommodation - Home Support - Transportation (5:34 min…

Alternate Title: Financial information for cancer patients : accommodation, home, support, transportation

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Agency. Psychosocial Oncology

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 27 minutes

Subjects: Neoplasms - economics; Social Support; Financial Support; Insurance, Disability; Insurance, Health; Insurance Benefits; Employment; British Columbia; Canada; Popular Work

Abstract: 1. Introduction (1:40 minutes); Introduction (video) Hosted by Shelley Pennington, BC Cancer Agency; 2. I need to stop working? (12:44 minutes); I need to stop working (video) Hosted by Maureen Parkinson & Douglas Ozier, BC Cancer Agency; 3. Accommodation - Home Support - Transportation (5:34 minutes); Accommodation, Transportation & Homecare (video) Hosted by Amy Lai, BC Cancer Agency; NOTE: Correction to slide "Accommodation, Transportation and Home Care at 1:23 minutes - Canadian Cancer Society phone number is 1-888-939-3333; 4. Who covers the costs of healthcare and medical treatment? (3:03 minutes); Who covers the costs of healthcare services (video) Hosted by Sarah Sample, BC Cancer Agency; 5. Chinese version (4:23 minutes); Chinese version (video) Hosted by Sandy Kwong, BC Cancer Agency

Notes: Note: This DVD must be played on computers. It is not formatted for DVD-players.

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr; VC Library Archives; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ200 B365f 2015

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Dietary supplements : a framework for evaluating safety

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Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2005.