Alternate Title

Complete guide to family caregiving

Corporate Author

American Cancer Society

Editor

Bucher, Julia A

Houts, Peter S

Ades, Terri

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Atlanta, GA

Publisher

American Cancer Society/Health Promotions

Publication Date

2011

Physical Description

xviii, 354 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Neoplasms - complications

Home Nursing - methods

Caregivers

Patients

Palliative Care

Popular Work

ISBN

9780944235003

9781604431063

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

QZ201 A512b 2011

Website Notes

Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca to obtain a username and password from the Library.

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Alternate Title

Handbook about end-of-life care

Caregivers guide

Corporate Author

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

Editor

Macmillan, Karen

Edition

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication

[Ottawa, ON]

Publisher

Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

x, 182 p. ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Caregivers

Home Nursing

Terminal Care

Palliative Care

Hospices

Abstract

"A Caregiver's Guide was created to provide information for family caregivers to draw upon when preparing and caring for a loved one who has a progressive illness, especially at home. It was developed to complement resources and information provided to caregivers by healthcare professionals, including hospice palliative care teams." - Cover

Table of Contents:

1 WHEN A PROGRESSIVE LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS IS DIAGNOSED

2 GIVING PHYSICAL CARE

3 CARE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEMS

4 AS LIFE ENDS

5 BOOKS AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT MAY BE HELPFUL

ISBN

0968670016

9780968670019

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

WB310 C271 2014

Website Notes

Available in PDF format

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Alternate Title

National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for patients : palliative care

Corporate Author

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

Place of Publication

Plymouth Meeting, PA

Publisher

National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Publication Date

2023

Physical Description

40 p. : ill. ; 29 cm

Series

NCCN guidelines for patients

Subjects

Popular Work

Palliative Care

Caregivers

Notes

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

ISBN

9781960388285

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WB310 N277p 2023

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Editor

Yarbro, Connie Henke

Wujcik, Debra

Gobel, Barbara

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

[Boston, MA]

Publisher

Jones and Bartlett Publishers

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

xxiii, 747 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Oncology Nursing

Neoplasms - nursing

Neoplasms - complications

Oncology Nursing - methods

Patient Care Management - methods

Palliative Care

Notes

CN Library copy is housed at UHNBC Library.

ISBN

9781284027402

284027406

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Library

CN Library

Kelowna Library

Surrey Library

Victoria Library

Internet

Call Number

WY156 C216y 2014

Website Notes

This R2 title is licensed for one BC Cancer staff user at a time only. Authentication via HealthBC sign in required. Use your BC Cancer staff username and ID when prompted.

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Corporate Author

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Cancer View Canada

Publication Date

[2010]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (105 min.)

Series

Truth of it 6

Subjects

Palliative Care

Terminal Care - psychology

Neoplasms - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Patient Comfort

Social Support

Caregivers

Family Relations

Patients

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

Bringing to light the concerns and needs of palliative care patients, this set of videos aims to support individuals receiving end-of-life care, as well as caregivers and health care providers working with them.

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ201 T875p 2010 v.6

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Editor

Houts, Peter S

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Publisher

American College of Physicians

Publication Date

1997

Subjects

Home Care Services

Neoplasms - psychology

Family

Terminal Care

Palliative Care

Language

English

Material Type

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Alternate Title

Physician's guide to pain and symptom management in cancer patients

Author

Abrahm, Janet

Collins, Molly

Daubman, Bethany-Rose

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

Baltimore, MD

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Date

2022

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Neoplasms - complications - therapy

Pain - prevention & control

Pain - therapy

Palliative Care

ISBN

1421443988

9781421443980

9781421443904

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

This R2 title is licensed for one BC Cancer staff user at a time only. Authentication via HealthBC sign in required. Use your BC Cancer staff username and ID when prompted.

Alternate Title

Handbook about end-of-life care

Caregivers guide

Editor

Macmillan, Karen

Place of Publication

[Ottawa, ON]

Publisher

Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

Publication Date

2004

Physical Description

x, 174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Caregivers

Palliative Care

Hospices

Abstract

"A Caregiver's Guide present family caregivers the medical and nursing information they will need in clear, easily understood language. This will help them to understand the journey upon which their loved ones have embarked, to become effective, informed members of the palliative care team and to provide essential physical, spiritual and emotional support. Sharing this journey with a loved one can be demanding but it is also one of the greatest gifts friends and families can share." - Cover

ISBN

0968670016

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Surrey Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

WB310 C271 2004

Copies

Corporate Author

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Cancer View Canada

Publication Date

[2010]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.)

Series

Truth of it 7

Subjects

Caregivers - psychology

Neoplasms - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Palliative Care

Social Support

Family Relations

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

Sisters. Husbands. Daughters. Fathers. Familiar roles transform when one cares for a family member or close friend living with cancer. Watching these videos will allow you to meet someone who has cared for a loved one with cancer.

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ201 T875c 2010 v.7

Copies

Editor

Goh, Philiz

Fitch, Margaret

Chow, Edward

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

103 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Bone Neoplasms - secondary

Bone Neoplasms - radiotherapy

Neoplasms - complications

Neoplasm Metastasis

Palliative Care

Fatigue

Pain

Spinal Fractures - therapy

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

WE258 B712g 2008

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Editor

Fisch, Michael J

Burton, Allen W

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Medical

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

xv, 319 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects

Pain - therapy

Neoplasms - complications

Palliative Care

ISBN

9780071445351

0071445358

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Surrey Library

Victoria Library

Kelowna Library

Call Number

WL700 C216f 2007

Copies

Author

Twycross, Robert

Wilcock, Andrew

Toller, Claire Stark

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

Nottingham, UK

Publisher

Palliativedrugs.com Ltd.

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xx, 447 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Pain - therapy

Neoplasms - complications

Palliative Care

Terminal Care

ISBN

9780955254734

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Library

Surrey Library

Victoria Library

Abbotsford Library

Call Number

WL700 T975s 2009

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Author

Davies, Pamela Stitzlein

D'Arcy, Yvonne M.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing

Publication Date

2013

Series

EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection

Compact clinical guide

Subjects

Neoplasms - nursing

Pain management

Evidence-Based Nursing

Palliative Care

Abstract

Contents:

Overview of cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Assessing pain in patients with cancer / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Using non-opioid medications for cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Opioid medications for cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Co-analgesics for additive pain relief in cancer patients / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Management of side effects from pain medications / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) techniques for managing cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Infusions and regional techniques / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Specialty blocks and implanted techniques for cancer pain management / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Palliative chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery for pain control / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- The effect of opioid polymorphisms and other physiologic factors on treating cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Opioid addiction, dependency, and tolerance in patients with cancer / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Developing a comprehensive plan of care and prescribing safely / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Cancer pain emergencies / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Neuropathic pain / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Myofascial pain / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Chronic pain in the cancer survivor / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Palliative care and hospice : care when there is no cure / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Pain management at the end of life / Pamela Stitzlein Davies -- Psychosocial aspects of cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy.

ISBN

9780826109736

082610973X

9780826109743

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

This EBSCO title is licensed for one BC Cancer staff user at a time only. Authentication via HealthBC sign in required. Use your BC Cancer staff username and ID when prompted.

Corporate Author

Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer

Editor

Olver, Ian N

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2011

Physical Description

xv, 436 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - psychology

Palliative Care

Neoplasms - complications

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Survivors

ISBN

9781441912244

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Library

Call Number

QZ266 M395 2011

Copies

Corporate Author

Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer

Editor

Olver, Ian N

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

xv, 436 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - psychology

Palliative Care

Neoplasms - complications

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Survivors

Notes

CN Library copy is housed Northern Health Library at UHNBC

ISBN

9783319909899

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Library

Kelowna Library

Victoria Library

CN Library

Call Number

QZ266 M395 2018

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Editor

Yennurajalingam, Sriram

Bruera, Eduardo

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Inc.

Publication Date

2011

Series

EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection

Subjects

Palliative Care

Hospices

Terminal Care

Neoplasms - complications

Handbooks

Abstract

Table of Contents:

1 Definitions and key elements in palliative care -- 2 Symptom assessment -- 3 Clinical decision making -- 4 Pain assessment and management -- 5 Fatigue -- 6 Cachexia -- 7 Dehydration -- 8 Anxiety and depression -- 9 Sleep disturbance -- 10 Chronic nausea and vomiting -- 11 Constipation and bowel obstruction -- 12 Delirium -- 13 Clinical issues related to palliative sedation -- 14 Dyspnea -- 15 Emergencies in palliative care -- 16 Other symptoms: xerostomia, hiccups, pruritis, pressure ulcers and wound care, lymphedema, and myoclonus -- 17 Management of cancer treatment?related adverse effects -- 18 Radiotherapy and palliative care -- 19 Hospice approach to palliative care, including Medicare hospice benefit -- 20 Psychosocial and cultural considerations in palliative care -- 21 Spiritual issues in palliative care -- 22 The palliative care team -- 23 Family conference: role in palliative care -- 24 Ethical aspects of palliative medicine -- 25 Prognostication in palliative care -- 26 Frequent pharmacological interactions in palliative care -- 27 Pediatric palliative care -- 28 Palliation in the care of older adults -- 29 Palliative care in end-stage heart failure -- 30 Palliative care in end-stage liver disease -- 31 Renal palliative care -- 32 Palliative care in patients with AIDS -- 33 Palliative care in end-stage neurological disease -- 34 Palliative care in end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- 35 Palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) -- 36 Research in terminally ill patients -- 37 Prevention and management: burnout in health-care providers

ISBN

9780195380156

9780199701681

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Alternate Title

Palliative medicine

Editor

Cherny, Nathan I.

Fallon, Marie T.

Kaasa, Stein

Portenoy, Russell K.

Currow, David C.

Edition

6th ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

xxi,1386 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - complications

Palliative Care

Pain - therapy

Terminal Care

ISBN

9780198821328

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Library

Abbotsford Library

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Library

Call Number

WB310 O98 2021

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Alternate Title

Palliative medicine

Editor

Hanks, Geoffrey

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

xxx, 1666 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - complications

Palliative Care

Pain - therapy

Terminal Care

Abstract

http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198570295.do

ISBN

9780198570295

0198570295

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Library

Call Number

WB310 O98 2010

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Editor

Angelos, Peter

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

xii, 258 p. ; 25 cm.

Series

Cancer treatment and research 140

Subjects

Ethics, Medical

Neoplasms - therapy

Physician-Patient Relations

Communication

Truth Disclosure

Palliative Care

ISBN

9780387736389

0387736387

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Library

Surrey Library

Victoria Library

Abbotsford Library

Call Number

QZ266 E84 2008

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Alternate Title

Managing dyspnea

Author

Murray, Katherine

Place of Publication

Saanichton, BC

Publisher

Life and Death Matters

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

15 minutes

Series

Life and death matters

Subjects

Dyspnea - therapy

Palliative Care

Terminal Care

Hospice Care

Caregivers

ISBN

9780973982879

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Professional

Location

Kelowna Library

Victoria Library

Abbotsford Library

Vancouver Library AV Room

Call Number

QZ266 M928 2009

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