The BC Cancer Library
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
This extensively revised second edition is a unique and portable handbook focusing on clinical trials in surgery. It includes new educational materials addressing the rapid evolution of novel research methodologies in basic science, clinical and educational research. The underlying principles of cl…
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Table of Contents:; Chapter 1: Clinical Trials: Historical Aspects and Importance and New Drug Developments -- Chapter 2: The Definition of GCP -- Chapter 3: The Principles of GCP -- Chapter 4: The Drug Development Process and Evolution of Regulations -- Chapter 5: Planning Clinical Research -- Cha…
Clinical Skills: an introduction for nursing and healthcare covers the essential clinical skills required by nurses. It offers an ideal introduction to clinical skills for adult nursing students, and it will also be useful for student nurses in other fields of practice, for trainee nursing associat…
Table of Contents:; Chapter 1 -- Translation in Immunology: The Role of Translational Biomarkers to Guide Clinical Use of Immunotherapy for Cancer -- Chapter 2 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy -- Chapter 3 Somatic Mutations and Immunotherapy -- Chapter 4 Checkpoint Blockade -- Chapter 5 Myeloid Leukemia…
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Table of contents:; Foundations of patient care -- Patient- and family-centered care at the Johns Hopkins hospital -- Competencies, lessons learned, and recommendations -- Empowerment through shared governance -- Shared governance in a professional practice environment -- Shared governance : compet…
Contents:; Overview of evidence-based practice / Mary D. Bondmass -- General searching : finding research reports / Ulrike Dieterle and Christopher Hooper-Lane -- Research and the mandate for evidence-based practice, quality, and patient safety / Kathleen R. Stevens -- Establishing and sustaining a…
Contents:; Stairway to cultural competency : using the staircase model -- Exploring patient focused cultural assessment models -- Cultural considerations when working with culturally diverse colleagues -- Cultural considerations when the patient?s religious or spiritual needs differ from my own -- …
Table of Contents:; Cancer prevention, screening, and early detection -- Genetic risk -- Cancer diagnosis and staging -- Chemotherapy, targeted biotherapy, and molecular therapy -- Surgery -- Radiation therapy -- Blood and marrow stem cell transplantation -- Complementary and integrative therapies …
Preoperative assessment and care; Perioperative patient teaching; Anesthesia; Intraoperative considerations; Fluid, electrolytes, and acid-base; Post-anesthetic assessment and care; Pain management; Wound assessment and care; Perioperative complications; Special populations : the elderly and pediat…
Table of contents:; Nursing developments and policy influences -- The changing face of oncology nursing -- Advanced nursing practice and clinical leadership -- Autonomy : implications for oncology nursing -- Non-medical prescribing -- Compassionate and effective communication : key skills and princ…
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