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All the kings horses, all the kings men

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15717
Purves, Donna. New York, NY: Writer's Showcase Press , 2002.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 P986 2002
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Purves, Donna
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Writer's Showcase Press
Publication Date
2002
Subjects
Osteosarcoma - personal narratives - popular works
Parent-Child Relations - popular works
ISBN
9780595215799
0595215793
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ201 P986 2002

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
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Can I still kiss you? : answering your children's questions about cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog13277
Russell, Neil. Deerfield Beach, Fl.: Health Communications, Inc. , 2001.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 R965 2001
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
A series of questions and answers dealing with diagnosis, surgery, radiation and chemotherapy during and after treatment.
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Author
Russell, Neil
Place of Publication
Deerfield Beach, Fl.
Publisher
Health Communications, Inc.
Publication Date
2001
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology - popular works - biography
Parent-Child Relations - popular works
Abstract
A series of questions and answers dealing with diagnosis, surgery, radiation and chemotherapy during and after treatment.
ISBN
1558749284
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ201 R965 2001

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr Missing Available
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Caring for the patient with cancer at home : a guide for patients and families

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog1783
Abrahm, Janet. Atlanta, GA: American Cancer Society , 1998.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 C277 1998
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
An introduction to the medical circumstances and challenges patients and the people who care for them face at home.
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Author
Abrahm, Janet
Corporate Author
American Cancer Society
Place of Publication
Atlanta, GA
Publisher
American Cancer Society
Publication Date
1998
Subjects
Home Care Services - popular works
Neoplasms - psychology - popular works
Neoplasms - rehabilitation - popular works
Family - popular works
Abstract
An introduction to the medical circumstances and challenges patients and the people who care for them face at home.
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ201 C277 1998

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
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Children, grandchildren and ovarian cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog14722
Ovarian Cancer Canada. [Vancouver, BC?]: Ovarian Cancer Canada , 2005.
Audience
Patient or Public
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Corporate Author
Ovarian Cancer Canada
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
Ovarian Cancer Canada
Publication Date
2005
Subjects
Ovarian Neoplasms - psychology - popular works
Parent-Child Relations - popular works
Language
English
Material Type
Pamphlet
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library Pamphlet File

Copies

VC BC Cancer Agency VC Library Pamphlet File Available
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Coming home : a guide to dying at home with dignity

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog868
Duda, Deborah. New York, NY: Aurora Press , 1987.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 D844 1987
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
More Information
Author
Duda, Deborah
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Aurora Press
Publication Date
1987
Subjects
Attitude to Death - popular works
Death - popular works
Terminal Care - popular works
Home Care Services - popular works
ISBN
0943358310
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF789 D844 1987

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr Available
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Dying at home : a family guide for caregiving

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog8342
Sankar, Andrea. Baltimore, md.: Johns Hopkins University Press , 1991.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF789 S227 1991
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Includes information about bringing the dying person home; solving problems of caregiving; community support; social support; the well-being of the caregiver; how death occurs; and grieving after the loved one?s death. Includes stories from people who have cared for a dying person.
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Author
Sankar, Andrea
Place of Publication
Baltimore, md.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date
1991
Subjects
Bereavement - popular works
Grief - popular works
Death - popular works
Terminal Care - popular works
Home Care Services - popular works
Attitude to Death - popular works
Abstract
Includes information about bringing the dying person home; solving problems of caregiving; community support; social support; the well-being of the caregiver; how death occurs; and grieving after the loved one?s death. Includes stories from people who have cared for a dying person.
ISBN
0801842301
9780801842306
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF789 S227 1991

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr Available
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Healing children's grief : surviving a parent's death from cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog8965
Christ, Gracy Hyslop. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2000.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 C554 2000
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Relates the stories of 88 families and their 157 children (ages 3 to 17) who participated in a parent-guidance intervention through the terminal illness and death of one of the parents from cancer. Provides a detailed examination of how children and adolescents cope with this loss.
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Author
Christ, Gracy Hyslop
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2000
Subjects
Grief - popular works
Parent-Child Relations - popular works
Adaptation, Psychological
Attitude to Death - popular works
Abstract
Relates the stories of 88 families and their 157 children (ages 3 to 17) who participated in a parent-guidance intervention through the terminal illness and death of one of the parents from cancer. Provides a detailed examination of how children and adolescents cope with this loss.
ISBN
0195105915
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
BF575 C554 2000

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
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How to help children through a parent's serious illness

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog2233
McCue, Kathleen, Bonn, Ron. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press , 1994.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 M133 1994
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Written for parents diagnosed with any life-threatening or serious illness about addressing preschool, school-age, and adolescent children?s needs.
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Author
McCue, Kathleen
Bonn, Ron
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Publication Date
1994
Physical Description
xvii, 221 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Parent-Child Relations - popular works
Death - popular works
Family Therapy - popular works
Abstract
Written for parents diagnosed with any life-threatening or serious illness about addressing preschool, school-age, and adolescent children?s needs.
ISBN
0312113501
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 M133 1994

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Cancer Info Ctr Available
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My mother's breast : daughters face their mothers' cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog257
Tarkan, Laurie. Dallas, Tx.: Taylor Publishing Company , 1999.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WP870 T87 1999
Availability
3 copies, 3 available
Compiles personal accounts from daughters of mothers who have had breast cancer. The daughters share their feelings of anxiety, loss, fear, courage, inspiration, compassion and joy.
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Author
Tarkan, Laurie
Place of Publication
Dallas, Tx.
Publisher
Taylor Publishing Company
Publication Date
1999
Subjects
Breast Neoplasms - psychology - popular works
Breast Neoplasms - personal narratives - popular works
Parent-Child Relations - popular works
Abstract
Compiles personal accounts from daughters of mothers who have had breast cancer. The daughters share their feelings of anxiety, loss, fear, courage, inspiration, compassion and joy.
ISBN
878332278
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WP870 T87 1999

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr Available
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Saying goodbye to Daddy

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog10983
Vigna, Judith. Morton Grove, Ill.: Albert Whitman & Company , 1991.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 V678 1991
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Frightened, lonely, and angry after her father is killed in a car accident, Clare is helped through the grieving process by her mother and grandfather
More Information
Author
Vigna, Judith
Place of Publication
Morton Grove, Ill.
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication Date
1991
Physical Description
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm
Subjects
Death - popular works
Grief - popular works
Parent-Child Relations - popular works
Abstract
Frightened, lonely, and angry after her father is killed in a car accident, Clare is helped through the grieving process by her mother and grandfather
ISBN
0807572535
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 V678 1991

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr Available
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