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Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20005
Skloot, Rebecca. New York, NY: Crown Publishers , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WO690 S629i 2010
Availability
3 copies, 2 available
Author
Skloot, Rebecca
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
x, 369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Tissue Donors
Tissue and Organ Procurement - ethics
Confidentiality - ethics
HeLa Cells
Prejudice
Human Experimentation - ethics
African Americans
Cell Line
History, 20th Century
United States
Biography
ISBN
9781400052172
1400052173
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Kelowna Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WO690 S629i 2010

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library On Loan, due Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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In-between days : a memoir about living with cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog115008
Harrison, Teva. [Toronto, ON]: House of Anansi Press Inc. , 2016.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WP870 H322 2016
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Author
Harrison, Teva
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
House of Anansi Press Inc.
Publication Date
2016
Physical Description
163 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Personal Narratives
Biography
Graphic Novels
Cartoons
Popular Work
ISBN
9781487001087
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WP870 H322 2016

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Cancer Info Ctr Available
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Journaling cancer in words and images : caught in the clutch of the crab

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21714
Wadeson, Harriet Claire. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher , 2011.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 W121 2011
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Title on CD: Altered book images
Author
Wadeson, Harriet Claire
Place of Publication
Springfield, IL
Publisher
Charles C. Thomas Publisher
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
ix, 208 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Survivors - psychology
Psychotherapy
Adaptation, Psychological
Art Therapy
Biography
Abstract
Title on CD: Altered book images
ISBN
9780398086725
Language
English
Material Type
Book
CD
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ201 W121 2011

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
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Life, on the line : a chef's story of chasing greatness, facing death, and redefining the way we eat

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124451
Achatz, Grant, Kokonas, Nick. [New York, NY]: Avery , 2012.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 AC176 2012
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Achatz, Grant
Kokonas, Nick
Place of Publication
[New York, NY]
Publisher
Avery
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
xii, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Subjects
Popular Work
Personal Narratives
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - therapy
Cancer -- Patients -- Biography
Nutrition
Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.
ISBN
9781592406975
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ201 AC176 2012

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr Available
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A two-spirit journey : the autobiography of a lesbian Ojibwa-Cree elder

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121379
Chacaby, Ma-Nee, Plummer, Mary Louisa. Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press , 2016.
Audience
Patient or Public
Table of contents:; 1. My Grandmother's and My Family's History in Manitoba and Ontario (1863-1952) -- 2. First Discoveries, Joys, and Sorrows? My Early Childhood in Ombabika (1952-1958) -- 3. Seasonal Activities, First Friendships, and the Beginning of Addiction (1958-1960) -- 4. School, Teenage F…
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Author
Chacaby, Ma-Nee
Plummer, Mary Louisa
Place of Publication
Winnipeg, MB
Publisher
University of Manitoba Press
Publication Date
2016
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Critical studies in Native history ; 18
Subjects
Elders (Native peoples)
Transgender Persons
Sexual and Gender Minorities
First Nations
Ontario
Canada
Biography
Personal Narratives
Abstract
Table of contents:
1. My Grandmother's and My Family's History in Manitoba and Ontario (1863-1952) -- 2. First Discoveries, Joys, and Sorrows? My Early Childhood in Ombabika (1952-1958) -- 3. Seasonal Activities, First Friendships, and the Beginning of Addiction (1958-1960) -- 4. School, Teenage Friendships, and Having Two Spirits (1960-1965) -- 5. Losing My Grandmother and Mother, Becoming a Parent, and Surviving an Abusive Marriage in Auden (1965-1970) -- 6. Living and Parenting in Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie Before Sobriety (1970-1975) -- 7. Sobriety and Single-Parenting in Thunder Bay (1975-1980) -- 8. Working with Addicted Mothers and Raising Foster Kids with Nate in Winnipeg (1980-1987) -- 9. Coming Out, Falling in Love, and Living with Leah in Thunder Bay and Boston (1987-1991) -- 10. Meeting Grace and Building a Life Together in Kaministiquia (1991-2004) -- 11. Recovering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Becoming an Elder in Thunder Bay (2004-2014).
Notes
SOGIE 2SLGBTQIA Collection
ISBN
9780887558122
9780887555039
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Internet
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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Warrior of the people : how Susan La Flesche overcame racial and gender inequality to become America's first Indian doctor

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124472
Starita, Joe. New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WZ100 S73w 2018
Availability
3 copies, 3 available
"On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte received her medical degree, becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history--thirty-one years before women could vote and thirty-five years before Indians could become citizens in their own country. By age twenty-six, this fragile but indomita…
Author
Starita, Joe
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
xiv, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subjects
Indigenous Peoples - history
First Nations
Picotte, Susan LaFlesche, 1865-1915
Physicians, Women
United States
Biography
Popular Work
Abstract
"On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte received her medical degree, becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history--thirty-one years before women could vote and thirty-five years before Indians could become citizens in their own country. By age twenty-six, this fragile but indomitable Native woman acquired 1,244 patients scattered across 1,350 square miles of rolling countryside with few roads. They were often desperately poor and sick with tuberculosis, small pox, measles, and influenza. She was their last hope and effectively became the chief of her entrenched patriarchal tribe, crashing through walls of ethnic, racial, and gender prejudice. A Warrior of the People is the moving biography of Susan La Flesche Picotte's inspirational life and dedication to public health, and it will finally shine a light on her numerous accomplishments that improved the lot of her people."--Back Cover
ISBN
9781250181312
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WZ100 S73w 2018

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
c.2 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
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