Clinical Massage in the Healthcare Setting

Content: 
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Foreword, Pages vii-viii
Preface, Pages ix-xiii
Acknowledgements, Page xv
The World of Healthcare, Page 1
CHAPTER 1 - Massage and Healthcare: A Professional Perspective, Pages 2-19
CHAPTER 2 - Research Essentials for Massage in the Healthcare Setting, Pages 20-53
CHAPTER 3 - Medical and Health-Related Professions, Pages 54-85
CHAPTER 4 - Preventive Medicine, Wellness, and Lifestyle, Pages 86-107
Unit One References, Pages 109-113
Massage Application for Healthcare Benefit, Page 115
CHAPTER 5 - Indications and Contraindications to Massage, Pages 116-139
CHAPTER 6 - Review of Pertinent Anatomy and Physiology, Pages 140-195
CHAPTER 7 - Sanitation, Pages 196-207
CHAPTER 8 - Review and Application of Massage, Pages 208-247
CHAPTER 9 - Massage Application Assessment for Physical Healing and Rehabilitation, Pages 248-313
CHAPTER 10 - Focused Massage Application, Pages 314-379
CHAPTER 11 - General Massage Protocol and Palliative Variation, Pages 380-431
CHAPTER 12 - Unique Circumstances and Adjunct Therapies, Pages 432-443
Unit Two References, Pages 445-449
Massage Application for Specific Healthcare Outcomes, Page 451
CHAPTER 13 - Overview of the Illness and Injury Processes, Pages 452-471
CHAPTER 14 - General Massage Treatment for Predisposing and Perpetuating Factors and Symptom Management, Pages 472-513
CHAPTER 15 - Medical Treatment for Illness and Injury, Pages 514-533
CHAPTER 16 - Population Similarities in Healthcare, Pages 534-593
CHAPTER 17 - Common Categories of Illness and Injury and the Clinical Reasoning Process, Pages 594-666
Unit Three References, Pages 667-675
Case Studies, Page 677
CHAPTER 18 - Case Studies, Pages 678-754
Unit Four References, Pages 755-757
Appendix - Massage Protocols, Pages 759-795
INDEX, Pages 797-827