Fritz, Sandy,

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 --


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Massage therapy.
Massage--methods.
Clinical Medicine--methods.
Musculoskeletal Diseases--therapy.

RM721.F74

2008 C-573 WB 537 / F919c 2008