Clinical massage in the healthcare setting. /
Sandy Fritz, Leon Chaitow, Glenn M. Hymel ; with special contributions by W. Randy Snyder ; [foreword by Maria Hernandez-Reif].
- St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby/Elsevier, 2008.
- xvii, 827 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD ; 4 3/4 in.) -- Missing
- Mosby's massage career development series .
- Mosby's massage career development series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: 1. The world of healthcare: Massage and healthcare: professional perspective -- Research essentials for massage in the healthcare setting -- Medical and health-related professions -- Preventive medicine, wellness and lifestyle -- 2. Massage Application for Health-care Benefit: Indications and contraindications to massage -- Pertinent anatomy and review of physiology -- Sanitation -- Review and application of massage -- Massage application assessment for physical healing and rehabilitation -- Focused massage application -- General massage protocol and palliative variation -- Unique circumstances and adjunct therapies -- 3. Massage Application for Specific Healthcare Outcomes: Overview of the illness and injury processes -- General massage treatment for predisposing and perpetuating factors and symptom management -- Medical treatment for illness and injury -- Population similarities in healthcare -- Common categories of illness and injury and the clinical reasoning reasoning process -- 4. Case studies: Case studies --
System requirements for accompanying DVD: Windows OS. System requirements for accompanying DVD: Macintosh OS.