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This toolkit provides an overview of CDC's experience with more than a dozen types of social media tools, including blogs, Really Simple Syndication feeds, Facebook and Twitter, and with less well-known applications such as virtual worlds and e-cards

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Corporate Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Place of Publication: Atlanta, GA

Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Publication Date: 2010

Subjects: Health Communication; Communications Media; Computer Communication Networks; Webcasts; Blogging; Internet; Information Dissemination - methods; Communication; United States

Abstract: This toolkit provides an overview of CDC's experience with more than a dozen types of social media tools, including blogs, Really Simple Syndication feeds, Facebook and Twitter, and with less well-known applications such as virtual worlds and e-cards

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Conducting clinical research : a practical guide for physicians, nurses, study co-ordinators and investigators

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Stone, Judy. Cumberland, MD: Mountainside MD Press , 2010.

Audience: Professional

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Author: Stone, Judy

Place of Publication: Cumberland, MD

Publisher: Mountainside MD Press

Publication Date: 2010

Series: R2 Library

Subjects: Clinical Trials; Biomedical Research - ethics; Biomedical Research - methods; Human Experimentation; United States

ISBN: 9780974917818; 0974917818

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Responding to a radiological or nuclear terrorism incident a guide for decision-makers

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National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. [Bethesda, MD]: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements , 2010.

Audience: Professional

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Corporate Author: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Place of Publication: [Bethesda, MD]

Publisher: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Publication Date: 2010

Series: Proquest Ebook Central; NCRP report 165; Ebrary books

Subjects: Nuclear Warfare; Terrorism; Chemical Terrorism; United States

ISBN: 9780982384336

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Survivorship guide for bone marrow / stem cell transplant : coping with late effects

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Stronach, Keren. Southfield, MI: National Bone Marrow Transplant Link (nbmtLink) , 2010. rev. ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WH380 S963 2010

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

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Author: Stronach, Keren

Corporate Author: National Bone Marrow Transplant Link

Edition: rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Southfield, MI

Publisher: National Bone Marrow Transplant Link (nbmtLink)

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: 63 p. : 25 cm.

Subjects: Bone Marrow Transplantation; Stem Cell Transplantation; Survivors; Adaptation, Psychological; United States; Popular Work

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Internet

Call Number: WH380 S963 2010

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Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

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Skloot, Rebecca. New York, NY: Crown Publishers , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WO690 S629i 2010

Availability: 4 copies, 4 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

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Burzynski : the movie : cancer is serious business

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Merola, Eric, Burzynski, Stanislaw. [United States]: Merola , 2010.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ267 M567 2010

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Merola, Eric; Burzynski, Stanislaw

Place of Publication: [United States]

Publisher: Merola

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: 105 minutes

Subjects: Neoplasms - drug therapy; Drug Approval; Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Antineoplaston; Piperidones; Benzeneacetamides; Documentaries and Factual Films; United States

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library

Call Number: QZ267 M567 2010

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Emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer

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Mukherjee, Siddhartha. New York, NY: Scribner , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010

Availability: 5 copies, 4 available

Author: Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Scribner

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Leukemia - history; Neoplasms - history; Medical Oncology; Leukemia - drug therapy; Antineoplastic Agents - history; History of Medicine; History, 20th Century; United States

ISBN: 9781439107959; 1439107955; 9781439170915 (pbk.)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010

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Toyota kata : managing people for improvement, adaptiveness, and superior results

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Rother, Mike. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill , 2010.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WX150 R685 2010

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Rother, Mike

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: xx, 306 p. : ill ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Total Quality Management; Personnel Management; Efficiency, Organizational; Organizational Innovation; Quality Improvement; United States

ISBN: 9780071635233; 0071635238

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WX150 R685 2010

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Clinical trials manual from the Duke Clinical Research Institute : lessons from a horse named Jim

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Liu, Margaret B, Davis, Kate. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell , 2010. 2nd ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QV771.4 L783c 2010

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Liu, Margaret B; Davis, Kate

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Hoboken, NJ

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: xviii, 406 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Clinical Trials as Topic - legislation & jurisprudence; Clinical Trials as Topic - ethics; Device Approval; Drug Approval; United States; Handbooks

ISBN: 9781405195157

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Kelowna Library

Call Number: QV771.4 L783c 2010

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Toyota way to continous improvement : linking strategy and operational excellence to achieve superior performance

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Liker, Jeffrey, Franz, James K. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill , 2011.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WX150 L727 2011

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Liker, Jeffrey; Franz, James K

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: xxvii, 450 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Total Quality Management; Efficiency, Organizational; Personnel Management; Organizational Innovation; Quality Improvement; United States

ISBN: 9780071477468; 0071477462

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WX150 L727 2011

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Improving health literacy within a state : workshop summary

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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy., Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice., Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2011.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WA590 I34 2011

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Editor: Hewitt, Maria

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: xvi, 98 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Consumer Health Information; Communication barriers; Educational Status; Health Education - methods; Health Education - standards; Telemedicine; United States; Congress

Notes: Conference workshop summary proceedings : Understanding What Works in Health Literacy Across a State: A Workshop (2010 : Los Angeles, Calif.).

ISBN: 9780309215725

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library; Internet

Call Number: WA590 I34 2011

Website Notes: Available in PDF format at link

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Crisis standards of care : a systems framework for catastrophic disaster response

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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2012.

Audience: Professional

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations

Editor: Hanfling, Dan

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2012

Subjects: Disaster Medicine - standards; Emergency Medical Services - standards; Emergency Treatment - standards; United States

ISBN: 9780309253468

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

Website Notes: Available online but the National Academies Press requires people to register before use.

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Reference levels and achievable doses in medical and dental imaging : recommendations for the United States

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National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. [Bethesda, MD]: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements , 2012.

Audience: Professional

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Corporate Author: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Place of Publication: [Bethesda, MD]

Publisher: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Publication Date: 2012

Series: Proquest Ebook Central; NCRP report 172; Ebrary books

Subjects: Diagnostic Imaging - adverse effects; Radiation Dosage; Radiation Protection - standards; Radiation Injuries - prevention & control; Practice Guideline; United States

ISBN: 9780983545026

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Big squeeze : a social and political history of the controversial mammogram

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Reynolds, Handel. Ithaca: ILR Press , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP815 R463 2012

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Reynolds, Handel

Place of Publication: Ithaca

Publisher: ILR Press

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: 121 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Culture and politics of health care work

Subjects: Mammography - history; Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; Breast Neoplasms - radiography; Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control; Friends; Mass Screening; United States

ISBN: 9780801450938

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP815 R463 2012

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Cancer clinical trials : a commonsense guide to experimental cancer therapies and clinical trials

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Beer, Tomasz M, Axmaker, Larry. New York, NY: DiaMedica Publishing , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ267 B415 2012

Availability: 6 copies, 6 available

Author: Beer, Tomasz M; Axmaker, Larry

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: DiaMedica Publishing

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: xxvi, 166 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Clinical Trials as Topic; Decision Making; Antineoplastic Protocols; Therapies, Investigational; Biomedical Research; United States

ISBN: 9780982321973

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: QZ267 B415 2012

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Facilitating state health exchange communication through the use of health literate practices : workshop summary

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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy., Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice., Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2012.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WA590 F141 2012

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Contents:; Introduction -- State health insurance exchanges: overview -- State insurance exchanges' impact on consumers -- Health literacy relevance to health insurance exchanges -- Current best practices in developing materials and communicating with consumers -- Reflections on lessons learned.

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Alternate Title: Health literate practices

Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Editor: Hewitt, Maria

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: xiv, 101 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Health Care Reform; Community Participation; Health Literacy; Insurance, Health; State Government; United States; Congress

Abstract: Contents:; Introduction -- State health insurance exchanges: overview -- State insurance exchanges' impact on consumers -- Health literacy relevance to health insurance exchanges -- Current best practices in developing materials and communicating with consumers -- Reflections on lessons learned.