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].
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TextSeries: Mosby's massage career development series: Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby/Elsevier, 2008Description: xvii, 827 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD ; 4 3/4 in.) -- MissingISBN: 9780323039963; 9780323039963; 0323039960Subject(s): Massage therapy | Massage -- methods | Clinical Medicine -- methods | Musculoskeletal Diseases -- therapyLOC classification: RM721.F74| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY nursing | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY | RM721.F74 (Browse shelf) | Available | KSN/430/19 |
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.
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