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Massage and Bodywork

Adapting Therapies for Cancer Care

• Michele Petroni
• Denise Rankin-Box, BA(Hons), RGN, Dip TD, CertED, MISMA, Company Development Manager, Dot Medical Ltd, Macclesfield, UK; Editor, Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
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• Peter Mackereth, PhD, MA, RGN, Dip Nursing, Cert Ed, Clinical Lead, Complementary Therapies and Smoking Cessation, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
• Ann Carter, BA, Dip Health Ed, Cert Ed MIFPA, Complementary Therapy Coordinator, St Ann's Hospice, Manchester Life Coach, Lecturer and Therapist

Ideal for qualified massage and bodywork therapists wanting to expand their knowledge and skills, this unique resource brings together the most common forms of bodywork with a focus on this important and challenging area of practice. Emphasizing the need for safe practice, this book illustrates how massage can be safely adapted for patients and dispels some misconceptions about working with people who have cancer. Key topics include integrative and collaborative working, the psychological aspects of bodywork, therapists as teachers, professionalism, the control of symptoms, working with vulnerability, potency in practice, and the skilful combination of voice and touch.

Audience
Qualified massage and bodywork therapists.
Health care professionals, such as nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.