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21 days to die : the Canadian guide to end of life

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Hochstetler, Linda. Manotick, ON,: Sumeru Press Inc., , 2021.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D7 H685c 2021

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

"This is a guide to end of life in the Canadian context. Chapters deal with issues such as palliative care, hospice, advanced care plans, how to recognize and respond to the stages of dying during the last 21 days, conversations to have, disposal of the body, and grief. Also included are many usefu…

Alternate Title: Twenty-one days to die

Author: Hochstetler, Linda

Place of Publication: Manotick, ON,

Publisher: Sumeru Press Inc.,

Publication Date: 2021

Physical Description: 161 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subjects: Popular Work; Attitude to Death; Palliative Treatment; Terminal Care; Hospice Care; Grief; Death and dying

Abstract: "This is a guide to end of life in the Canadian context. Chapters deal with issues such as palliative care, hospice, advanced care plans, how to recognize and respond to the stages of dying during the last 21 days, conversations to have, disposal of the body, and grief. Also included are many useful lists, websites, books and other resources for Canadians, presented in an easy-to-access form for sharing at a difficult time. Many of the resources include QR codes."-- Provided by publisher

ISBN: 9781896559728

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: BF789 D7 H685c 2021

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Advance care planning : communicating about matters of life and death

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New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC , 2014.

Audience: Patient or Public

Table of Contents available at URL

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Editor: Rogne, Leah; McCune, Susana Lauraine

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, LLC

Publication Date: 2014

Physical Description: xvi, 383 p. : ill.

Series: EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects: Advance Care Planning - organization & administration; Communication; Family Relations; Professional-Patient Relations; Terminal Care; Palliative Care; Hospice Care; Decision Making

Abstract: Table of Contents available at URL

ISBN: 9780826110213; 9780192542359

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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Advance care planning in end of life care

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Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press , 2018. 2nd ed.

Audience: Professional

Table of Contents :; Introduction to advance care planning -- Overview and introduction to advance care planning -- What are the benefits of advance care planning and how do we know? -- An introduction to advance care planning: practice at the frontline -- Person-centred care: how does advance care…

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Editor: Thomas, Keri; Lobo, Ben; Detering, Karen

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Oxford, UK

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2018

Series: EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects: Advance Care Planning; Advance Care Planning - organization & administration; Decision Making; Terminal Care; Right to Die

Abstract: Table of Contents :; Introduction to advance care planning -- Overview and introduction to advance care planning -- What are the benefits of advance care planning and how do we know? -- An introduction to advance care planning: practice at the frontline -- Person-centred care: how does advance care planning support this and what are the economic benefits? -- Advance care planning for an ageing population -- Spiritual and ethical aspects of advance care planning -- Advance care planning: a personal view and stories from the frontline -- Context and experience of advance care planning in the UK -- Advance care planning in the UK: update on policy and practice -- Advance decisions to refuse treatment and the impact of wider legislation -- Discussions and decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- The implications of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 for advance care planning and decision making -- Experience of use of advance care planning in care homes -- Advance care planning in the community -- Advance care planning in hospices and palliative care -- Advance care planning in hospitals -- Advance care planning: thinking ahead for parents, carers, children, and young people -- Advance care planning and people with dementia -- Experience of advance care planning internationally -- Advance care planning in Australia -- Advance care planning in Canada -- Advance directives and advance care planning: the US experience -- Advance care planning in New Zealand: our Voice--to tatou reo -- Advance care planning in Germany: on track for nationwide implementation -- Advance care planning in an Asian country -- Practicalities and areas of common ground -- Communication skills and advance care planning -- Advance care planning in chronic disease: finding the known in the midst of the unknown -- Planning ahead in all areas -- A population-based approach to end-of-life care and advance care planning.

ISBN: 9780198802136; 9780192542359; 9780192542366

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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American College of Physicians home care guide for advanced cancer : when quality of life is the primary goal of care

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Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians , 1997.

Audience: Patient or Public

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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

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Apoptosis, senescence and cancer

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Totowa, NJ: Humana Press , 2007. 2nd ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 A644g 2007

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Gewirtz, David A; Holt, Shawn E; Grant, Steven

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Totowa, NJ

Publisher: Humana Press

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xvii, 599 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series: Cancer drug discovery and development

Subjects: Apoptosis; Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Neoplasms - therapy; Aging; Cell Death; Cell Aging; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm

ISBN: 9781588295279; 1588295273

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ200 A644g 2007

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Application of human factors in chemo and radiation therapy

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Shultz, Jonas. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services , 2008.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ42 S562 2008

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Shultz, Jonas

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: 60 minutes

Subjects: Medical Errors - prevention & control; Neoplasms - drug therapy; Medication Errors - prevention & control; Neoplasms - radiotherapy

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library AV Room

Call Number: QZ42 S562 2008

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Art of conversation through serious illness : lessons for caregivers

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McQuellon, Richard P, Cowan, Michael A. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 M377 2010

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

Author: McQuellon, Richard P; Cowan, Michael A

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: xv, 144 p. ; 18 cm.

Subjects: Terminal Care; Attitude to Death; Caregivers - psychology; Critical Illness; Empathy; Communication; Terminally Ill; Neoplasms -psychology; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780195389227; 0195389220

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: BF789 D4 M377 2010

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Basic clinical radiobiology

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London: Hodder Arnold , 2009. 4th ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WN610 B311 2009

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Editor: Joiner, Michael; Kogel, Albert van der

Edition: 4th ed.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Hodder Arnold

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: vii, 375 p., [7] p. of col. plates : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects: Radiobiology; Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Cell Survival - radiation effects; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation

ISBN: 9780340929667; 0340929669

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: WN610 B311 2009

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Basic clinical radiobiology

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Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group , 2018. 5th ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ269 B311 2018

Availability: 6 copies, 5 available

Editor: Joiner, Michael; Kogel, Albert van der

Edition: 5th ed.

Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.

Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: x, 350 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Cell Survival - radiation effects; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation

Notes: CN Library copy is housed at Northern Health Library at UHNBC

ISBN: 9781444179637

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Library; CN Library; Kelowna Library; Surrey Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: QZ269 B311 2018

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Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end

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Gawande, Atul. [Toronto, ON]: Doubleday Canada , 2014.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WB310 G284 2014

Availability: 5 copies, 4 available

Author: Gawande, Atul

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Doubleday Canada

Publication Date: 2014

Physical Description: 282 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Palliative Care; Terminal Care; Aging - physiology; Aged; Activities of Daily Living; Ethics, Medical; Quality of Life; Attitude to Death; Prognosis

ISBN: 9780385677004

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

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

Call Number: WB310 G284 2014

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Being with dying : cultivating compassion and fearlessness in the presence of death

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Halifax, Joan. [Boston, MA]: Shambhala , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 H173 2009

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Halifax, Joan

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Shambhala

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xix, 204 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Attitude to Death; Death - psychology; Palliative Care - psychology; Buddhism; Meditation; Spirituality; Terminal Care; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781590307182; 1590307186

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BF789 D4 H173 2009

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Best news about radiation therapy : everything you need to know about your treatment

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Kornmehl, Carol L. New York, NY: M. Evans and Company, Inc. , 2004.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ269 K84 2004

Availability: 5 copies, 4 available

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Author: Kornmehl, Carol L

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: M. Evans and Company, Inc.

Publication Date: 2004

Physical Description: xviii, 185 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Proquest Ebook Central; ebrary books for public

Subjects: Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Popular Work

ISBN: 159077051X (pbk.); 9781461733843

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ269 K84 2004

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Be the noodle : fifty ways to be a compassionate, courageous, crazy-good caregiver

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Kelly, Lois E. New York, NY: World Audience, Inc. , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 K29 2010

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Kelly, Lois E

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: World Audience, Inc.

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: 124 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Caregivers - psychology; Palliative Care; Terminal Care; Anecdotes; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781935444695; 1935444697

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: BF789 D4 K29 2010

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Canadian cancer statistics 2010

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Canadian Cancer Society. Steering Committee, Statistics Canada, Provincial/Territorial Cancer Registries, Public Health Agency of Canada. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Cancer Society , 2010.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 C211d 2010

Availability: 9 copies, 9 available

Special topic: End-of-life care

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Corporate Author: Canadian Cancer Society. Steering Committee; Statistics Canada, Provincial/Territorial Cancer Registries; Public Health Agency of Canada

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Canadian Cancer Society

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: 124 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - statistics; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Neoplasms - mortality; Palliative Care; Advance Care Planning; Terminal Care; Canada

Abstract: Special topic: End-of-life care

ISSN: 0835-2976

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library REF Statistics; Vancouver Library; Kelowna Library; Surrey Library REF; Victoria Library REF; Victoria Library; Abbotsford Library; Internet

Call Number: QZ200 C211d 2010

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Cancer care quality measures : symptoms and end-of-life care

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Lorenz, Karl, Lynn, Joanne. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality , 2006.

Audience: Professional

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Author: Lorenz, Karl; Lynn, Joanne

Corporate Author: Southern California Evidence-Based Practice Center/RAND

Place of Publication: Rockville, MD

Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Publication Date: 2006

Series: Evidence report/technology assessment 137

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Terminal Care; Palliative Care; Process Assessment (Health Care)

ISBN: 9781587631931; 1587631938

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Cancer confidential : backstage dramas in the radiation clinic

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Hayter, Charles. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 H426c 2022

Availability: 3 copies, 2 available

Author: Hayter, Charles

Place of Publication: Toronto, ON

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: xix, 278 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Physician-Patient Relations; Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Neoplasms - psychology; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781487528157

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ201 H426c 2022

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