Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Summary:; Most people accessing mental health and addiction services have experienced trauma. For those working in community services, treatment agencies and hospitals, providing "trauma-informed care" requires an understanding of the effects of trauma, and of how to create programs, spaces and pol…
Table of Contents:; 1. Executive Summary -- 2. Introduction -- 2.1 Scope -- 2.2 Report Goals -- 2.3 Framework -- 2.4 Emergency Workers -- 3. Dosimetry Needs and Key Concepts -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 What is Dosimetry? -- 3.3 Dosimetry Programs -- 3.4 Dose of Record -- 3.5 Key Concepts -- 4. Metho…
"It feels as though the field of health equity has finally come into its time. Conversations about the presence of health disparities have evolved into discussions of how to eliminate them, which have in turn evolved into a broader movement to truly achieve equity in health predictors, statuses, an…
Part I : Mindfulness ? What is it and How Can it be of Use to Me? -- 1. The Hustle and Bustle of Life -- 2. What is Mindfulness? -- 3. Proof that Mindfulness Helps -- 4. No Quick Fix or Magic Wand -- Part II: Carer Pains and Strains -- 5. Carers: The Forgotten Ones -- 6. Common Carer Problems -- 7…
A stale marriage. A deadly diagnosis. For Sally Connolly, three years of struggle followed her husband Peter's surgery for terminal brain cancer at age 61. Choosing treatment options that interfered least with his career, Peter focused his limited energy on work, with little left for his family, fu…