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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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21 things you may not know about the Indian Act : helping Canadians make reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a reality

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Joseph, Bob. Port Coquitlam, BC: Indigenous Relations Press , 2018.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ80.5 J83 2018

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Twenty one things you ay not know about the Indian Act

Author: Joseph, Bob

Place of Publication: Port Coquitlam, BC

Publisher: Indigenous Relations Press

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: 189 p. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Canada, Indian Act; Indigenous Canadians - history; Indigenous Canadian - legislation & jurisprudence; Reconciliation; Relational Autonomy; First Nations; Canada

ISBN: 9780995266520

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Kelowna Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: WZ80.5 J83 2018

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Body : a guide for occupants

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Bryson, Bill. [Toronto, ON]: Doubleday Canada , 2019.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: HM636 B916 2019

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Alternate Title: The body : a guide for occupants

Author: Bryson, Bill

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Doubleday Canada

Publication Date: 2019

Physical Description: x, 450 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Human Body; Physiology; Popular Work

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 9780385685740

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: HM636 B916 2019

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

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Brain that changes itself : stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science

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Doidge, Norman. New York, NY: Penguin Books , 2007.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WL102 D657 2007

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Doidge, Norman

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Penguin Books

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xx, 427 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Neuronal Plasticity; Brain Damage, Chronic - rehabilitation; Mental Disorders - rehabilitation; Brain Injuries - rehabilitation; Case Reports

ISBN: 9780143113102

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WL102 D657 2007

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Breaking boundaries : LGBTQ2 writers on coming out and into Canada

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Nanoose Bay, BC: Rebel Mountain Press , 2017.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WA300 B828 2017

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Shwydky, Lori

Place of Publication: Nanoose Bay, BC

Publisher: Rebel Mountain Press

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: 145 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Sexual and Gender Minorities; Personal Narratives; Canada; Popular Work

Notes: SOGIE 2SLGBTQIA Collection

ISBN: 9780994730275

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WA300 B828 2017

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Breast stories : cancer survivors speak out

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Carpenter, Phil. Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 C296 2012

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Breast cancer survivors who chose to undergo mastectomy talk about issues of beauty, identity, and femininity in this collection of portraits and frank personal essays

Author: Carpenter, Phil

Place of Publication: Markham, ON

Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: 109 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Mammaplasty; Mastectomy; Portraits; Family Relations; Survivors - psychology; Pictorial Works; Photographs; Body Image; Personal Narratives; Canada

Abstract: Breast cancer survivors who chose to undergo mastectomy talk about issues of beauty, identity, and femininity in this collection of portraits and frank personal essays

ISBN: 9781554552726; 1554552729

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 C296 2012

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Bright well : contemporary Canadian poems about facing cancer

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Lantzville, B.C.: Leaf Press , 2011.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 B855 2011

Availability: 7 copies, 7 available

Editor: Lam, Fiona Tinwei

Place of Publication: Lantzville, B.C.

Publisher: Leaf Press

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: 68 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Poetry; Survivors; Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781926655345

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; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 B855 2011

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Calling down the sky

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Deerchild, Rosanna. BookLand Press , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ80.5 D312 2015

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Calling Down the Sky is a poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal Residential School confinements in the 1950''s when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents'…

Author: Deerchild, Rosanna

Publisher: BookLand Press

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 80 p. ; 22 cm

Series: Canadian aboriginal voices

Subjects: Poetry; Indigenous Canadians - history; Child Abuse - history; First Nations - residential schools; First Nations; Canada; Popular Work

Abstract: Calling Down the Sky is a poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal Residential School confinements in the 1950''s when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents'' wishes. Many were forbidden to speak their language and practice their own culture. The author portrays how the ongoing impact of the residential schools problem has been felt throughout generations and has contributed to social problems that continue to exist today. -- Provided by publisher.

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

ISBN: 9781772310054

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: WZ80.5 D312 2015

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Canadian guide to prostate cancer

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Jamnicky Leah, Nam, Robert. 2nd ed.: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. , 2013.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WJ752 J32 2013

Availability: 12 copies, 12 available

Author: Jamnicky Leah; Nam, Robert

Editor: Leask, Helen

Place of Publication: 2nd ed.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: xviii, 302 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Prostatic Neoplasms; Popular Work

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022 (F0002000)

ISBN: 9781118362839; 1118362837

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: WJ752 J32 2013

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Canadian patient's book of rights : a consumer's guide to Canadian health law

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Rozovsky, Lorne Elkin. [Toronto, ON]: Doubleday Canada Ltd. , 1994. rev. and updated ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: W33 R893 1994

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Rozovsky, Lorne Elkin

Edition: rev. and updated ed.

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Doubleday Canada Ltd.

Publication Date: 1994

Subjects: Informed Consent - popular works; Ethics, Medical - popular works; Patients

ISBN: 0385254490

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W33 R893 1994

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Cancer connections : images of hope and courage from across Canada

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Burns, James. Mississauga, ON: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. , 2011.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 H967 2011

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Based on PhotoSensitive's Cancer connections exhibition.

Author: Burns, James

Corporate Author: PhotoSensitive

Place of Publication: Mississauga, ON

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: 191 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Survivors; Personal Narratives; Photography; Exhibitions; Pictorial Works; Canada; Popular Work

Abstract: Based on PhotoSensitive's Cancer connections exhibition.

ISBN: 9780470964491; 0470964499

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 H967 2011

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Cancer in young adults in Canada

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Cancer Care Ontario, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Cancer Society. [Toronto, ON]: Cancer Care Ontario , 2006.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ200 C215 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Cancer statistics for young adults aged 20-44 in Canada.

Corporate Author: Cancer Care Ontario; Public Health Agency of Canada; Canadian Cancer Society

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Cancer Care Ontario

Publication Date: 2006

Subjects: Neoplasms; Adult; Young Adult; Neoplasms - statistics; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Neoplasms - mortality; Canada

Abstract: Cancer statistics for young adults aged 20-44 in Canada.

ISBN: 092132510X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ200 C215 2006

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Caregiver's guide for Canadians

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Lauber, Rick. North Vancouver, BC: Self-Counsel Press , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WT120 L366 2010

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Lauber, Rick

Place of Publication: North Vancouver, BC

Publisher: Self-Counsel Press

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: 139 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Caregivers - psychology; Aged; Adult Children; Parents; Family Relations; Home Nursing; Self Care; Housing for the Elderly; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781770400405

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Library

Call Number: WT120 L366 2010

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C : because cowards get cancer too

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Diamond, John. London: Vermilion , 1999.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 D537 1999

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Diamond, John

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Vermilion

Publication Date: 1999

Physical Description: 256 p. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Personal Narratives; Great Britain

ISBN: 9780091816650

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: QZ201 D537 1999

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Choosing to live, choosing to die : the complexities of assisted dying

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Tate, Nikki, Wuthrich. Belle (ill.). [British Columbia]: Orca Book Publishers , 2019.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: W85.5 T216c 2019

Availability: 2 copies, 1 available

"This nonfiction book for teens examines the complex issue of medical assistance in dying from multiple perspectives."-- Provided by publisher

Author: Tate, Nikki; Wuthrich. Belle (ill.)

Place of Publication: [British Columbia]

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Publication Date: 2019

Physical Description: 172 pages : colour illustrations ; 22cm

Subjects: Right to Die; Euthanasia; Suicide, Assisted; Ethics, Medical; Canada; Juvenile Literature; Popular Work

Abstract: "This nonfiction book for teens examines the complex issue of medical assistance in dying from multiple perspectives."-- Provided by publisher

ISBN: 9781459818897

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: W85.5 T216c 2019

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C list : chemotherapy, clinics and cupcakes : how I survived colon cancer

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Bown, Rachel. London, UK: Watkins Publishing , 2014.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WI520 B787c 2014

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Bown, Rachel

Place of Publication: London, UK

Publisher: Watkins Publishing

Publication Date: 2014

Physical Description: xii, 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Colorectal Neoplasms - therapy; Colonic Neoplasms; Neoplasms - rehabilitation; Survivors - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Popular Work

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 9781780287645; 178028764X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WI520 B787c 2014

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Colonizing bodies : aboriginal health and healing in British Columbia, 1900-50

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Kelm, Mary-Ellen. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press , 1998.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WA300 K29c 1998

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Colonizing bodies

Author: Kelm, Mary-Ellen

Place of Publication: Vancouver, BC

Publisher: UBC Press

Publication Date: 1998

Physical Description: xxiii, 248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects: Minority Health - history; Health Disparity, Minority and Vulnerable Populations; Indigenous Canadians - history; Social Welfare - history; Attitude of Health Personnel; First Nations; History, 20th Century; British Columbia; Canada

ISBN: 9780774806787; 0774806788

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: WA300 K29c 1998

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Complete intermittent fasting : practical guidelines and healthy recipes to lose weight and improve wellness

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LaMantia, Jean. Emeryville, CA: Rockridge Press , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WB420 L214c 2020

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

"Intermittent fasting (IF) is an evidence-based eating program that's existed in multiple forms for nearly 2,500 years, with roots in evolution and religion ... Complete Intermittent Fasting is filled with essential information, how-to advice, FAQs, meal plans, and recipes to help you adopt and mai…

Author: LaMantia, Jean

Editor: .

Place of Publication: Emeryville, CA

Publisher: Rockridge Press

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: 195 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm

Subjects: Intermittent Fasting; Healthy Lifestyle; Weight Loss; Popular Work; Cookbook

Abstract: "Intermittent fasting (IF) is an evidence-based eating program that's existed in multiple forms for nearly 2,500 years, with roots in evolution and religion ... Complete Intermittent Fasting is filled with essential information, how-to advice, FAQs, meal plans, and recipes to help you adopt and maintain an intermittent fasting lifestyle for weight loss and improved health" --Provided by publisher