Massage and Bodywork
Adapting Therapies for Cancer Care
- 1st Edition - September 29, 2006
- Latest edition
- Authors: Michele Petroni, Peter A. Mackereth, Ann Carter, Denise Rankin-Box
- Language: English
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… Read more
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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.
- Written by experienced therapists working in this area of practice
- Introduces the modalities with clear explanations of their development and application to cancer care settings
- Logical organization makes it easy to find key information quickly
- Each section includes an overview, an abstract of each chapter, a summary of key issues, and conclusions and recommendations for best practice
- Focuses on specialized aspects of massage and bodywork to support safe, competent, and compassionate practice
Qualified massage and bodywork therapists.
Health care professionals, such as nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Health care professionals, such as nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Section 1: Key Themes
1. Cancer and Its treatments
2. Integrative Practice
3. Evaluating the Evidence
4. Professional and Potent Practice
5. Working with the Denied Body
6. Body Psychotherapy in Cancer Care
7. Therapist as Teacher
Section 2: Practitioners at Work
8. The HEARTS process
9. Massage and Essential Oils in Haemato-oncology
10. Collaborative Working
11. Shiatsu for Symptom Management
12. Lymphoedema
13. Massage & Spinal Cord Compression
14. Creative Approaches to Reflexology
15. Adapting Chair Massage
16. Being Met with Care: Massage Work with Vulnerable Patients
1. Cancer and Its treatments
2. Integrative Practice
3. Evaluating the Evidence
4. Professional and Potent Practice
5. Working with the Denied Body
6. Body Psychotherapy in Cancer Care
7. Therapist as Teacher
Section 2: Practitioners at Work
8. The HEARTS process
9. Massage and Essential Oils in Haemato-oncology
10. Collaborative Working
11. Shiatsu for Symptom Management
12. Lymphoedema
13. Massage & Spinal Cord Compression
14. Creative Approaches to Reflexology
15. Adapting Chair Massage
16. Being Met with Care: Massage Work with Vulnerable Patients
"This is an excellent book - much needed to the field, when the need for evidence base is becoming ever more important for professionals working in this field.
It is an inspiration to have views and ideas from so many different professionals - and already my students have benefitted. It is definitely a book to put on the essential reading list for any courses in cancer and palliative care for complementary therapists.
This book is highly readable yet offers in-depth information on the topic."
Mary Atkinson, Complementary Therapist/ Lecturer
“Written by experienced therapists working in this field this book will appeal o qualified therapists who would like to expand their knowledge and skills….With over a dozen experienced contributors to the text...Clear black and white photographs, various charts and text boxes make for easy information access.”
Embody Magazine. Autumn 2007
“The editors have assembled an interesting collection of articles by acknowledged expert practitioners, thus validating the text….The design of the book makes it easy to ‘dip into’ for specific topics. Each chapter is tightly structured and sectioned, taking the reader from an initial abstract through to a summary and references…This text will be a valuable addition to our Therapists’ Library and we would strongly recommend it to healthcare professionals interested in working towards integration”
Pat Bryden and Janet Thogersen, Complementary Therapy Coordinators, Bradford Cancer Support.
Nursing & Therapies News, December 2007
It is an inspiration to have views and ideas from so many different professionals - and already my students have benefitted. It is definitely a book to put on the essential reading list for any courses in cancer and palliative care for complementary therapists.
This book is highly readable yet offers in-depth information on the topic."
Mary Atkinson, Complementary Therapist/ Lecturer
“Written by experienced therapists working in this field this book will appeal o qualified therapists who would like to expand their knowledge and skills….With over a dozen experienced contributors to the text...Clear black and white photographs, various charts and text boxes make for easy information access.”
Embody Magazine. Autumn 2007
“The editors have assembled an interesting collection of articles by acknowledged expert practitioners, thus validating the text….The design of the book makes it easy to ‘dip into’ for specific topics. Each chapter is tightly structured and sectioned, taking the reader from an initial abstract through to a summary and references…This text will be a valuable addition to our Therapists’ Library and we would strongly recommend it to healthcare professionals interested in working towards integration”
Pat Bryden and Janet Thogersen, Complementary Therapy Coordinators, Bradford Cancer Support.
Nursing & Therapies News, December 2007
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: September 29, 2006
- Language: English
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Peter A. Mackereth
Peter is the Clinical Lead for Complementary Therapies (CTs) at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Manchester and University Reader in Integrated Health at the University of Derby (Buxton Campus). He is a registered nurse, and has worked in intensive care, neurology and oncology. Peter has an MA in Medical Ethics and has completed a PhD project examining reflexology vs. relaxation training for people with MS.
In 2003 the Complementary Therapy team at the Christie received the prestigious Prince of Wales’s Good Practice Award. In 2004 the team won the Dept of Health’s Manchester and Regional Innovations Awards in Long-term Care. In 2005 Peter was given the National Public Servant Award hosted by the Guardian Newspaper. The team is currently working on a number of research and audit projects exploring outcomes for acupuncture, hypnotherapy, aromatherapy, creative imagery/relaxation and reflexology. Peter has published widely and speaks regularly at conferences and study days.
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Lead, Complementary Therapies and Smoking Cessation, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UKAC
Ann Carter
Ann Carter has a background in education and health promotion and has worked as a therapist and teacher of “hands on” therapies since 1989. She joined the team at the Neil Cliffe Cancer Care Centre as an Aromatherapist on a sessional basis in 1994, and have since been involved in many aspects of palliative care. Since 2000 she has worked as the part time Complementary Therapy Co-ordinator at St. Ann’s Hospice (66 beds) which includes two hospice sites 20 miles apart, and the Neil Cliffe Cancer Care Centre now part of the Hospice. She teaches post graduate courses for therapists and health care professionals and works as an aromatherapy examiner for the Sandra Day School of Health Studies in Rochdale. She has also been responsible for devising and participating in the new postgraduate qualification, “Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care” for the same teaching establishment
Affiliations and expertise
Complementary Therapy Coordinator, St Ann's Hospice, Manchester Life Coach, Lecturer and TherapistDR
Denise Rankin-Box
Affiliations and expertise
Company Development Manager, Dot Medical Ltd, Macclesfield, UK; Editor, Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice