Benefits of massage therapy for hospitalized patients: A descriptive and qualitative evaluation

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 64-71

  Smith, Marlaine C ^a   Stallings, Mary Ann ^b   Mariner, Suzanne ^b   Burrall, Maggie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MASSAGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COLORADO; EVALUATION STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MASSAGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033163024     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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