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October 16, 2007

Books For Medically Fragile Clients

Massage for the Hospital Patient and Medically Frail Client by Gayle MacDonald
This is an essential, one-of-a-kind resource for gaining the skills and knowledge you need to provide safe, effective massage therapy to patients in acute care settings and private practice clients who are medically frail.

Medicine Hands: Massage Therapy for People with Cancer by Gayle MacDonald
A practical book written for both health professionals and the layperson, this newly revised guide deconstructs common myths about the use of massage in cancer treatment.

Also useful reading:

From the Heart Through the Hands: The Power of Touch in Caregiving by Dawn Nelson
The physical and psychosocial benefits of skilled touch for the confined elderly and ill are elucidated, providing the reader with a greater understanding of how to use touch as a tool to communicate with individuals living with Alzheimers and other types of dementia.

A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology: A Diagnostic Guide to Neurologic Levels by Ruth Werner
This best-selling guide presents detailed information on over 200 diseases and conditions, emphasizing how massage influences the disease and healing processes and how therapists can maximize the benefits while minimizing the risks.

The Pharmacology for Massage Therapy by Jean M Wible
Written specifically for massage therapists, this excellent text makes the basics of pharmacology easy to understand.

Healing into Life and Death by Steve Levine
While working with the terminally ill, Levine, director of the Hanuman Foundation's Dying Project, discovered an interesting phenomenon. In preparing for death, many were being healed. Levine also noticed that those who became physically well were often in better health than they had been before.

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Posted by linda at October 16, 2007 7:14 AM