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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616.9940622 EAN: 9781844090907 Edition: 2nd ISBN: 1844090906 Label: Findhorn Press Manufacturer: Findhorn Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: January 01, 2007 Publisher: Findhorn Press Studio: Findhorn Press Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Medicine Hands: Massage Therapy for People with CancerI have been a massage therapist for nearly a quarter of a century. It is wonderful to see a comprehensive book for massage therapists about massage and cancer. There have long been many fears about massage and cancer that just aren't true. There are certainly precautions and concerns. This book addresses those well. This book also brings out the heart of the massage therapist. Addditionally, I do like the updated edition. I shared the book with my co-worker who is a massage therapist, ... Read More Rating:  - okI wasnt as impressed by this book i thought it would have more techical information, its sort of wishy washy, or more fluff Rating: - Enthusiastically recommended supplemental resource for massage professionals everywhere.Now in a newly revised and enlarged edition, Medicine Hands: Massage Therapy for People with Cancer is an in-depth guide to using massage to lessen the deleterious effects of chemotherapy and radiation, relieve pain, and improve overall quality of life for cancer patients. Written by massage therapist Gayle MacDonald, Medicine Hands is intended especially for fellow massage therapists, offering years of professional experience and wisdom concerning techniques, learning to assess the needs of patients, special ... Read More Rating: - RN, LMT, Oncology Massage TherapistI am taking Gayle MacDonald's Oncology Massage Therapy Certification program courses and her new updates are wonderful! Much of what we have been studying is in her book, so its been great study tool. I currently work with people living with cancer and now I feel totally competent in my field of expertise doing so. Great book, and can't wait for more books by her. Rating: - Excellent book, excellent instructorThe non-profit educational institution that I chair just hosted a three-day training for massage therapists with Gayle, and we were the first group to be taught using this newest edition of her book. I own the first edition and had devoured it cover-to-cover; this edition is a huge step up from that wonderful book. Gayle dispels myths about cancer and massage with science, and also gives the reader and practitioner many new tools and ways of working with people living with cancer, either preparing for treatment, ... Read More 
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