Providing massage therapy for people with advanced cancer: What to expect

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-371

  Smith, Marlaine C ^a   Yamashita, Traci E ^b   Bryant, Lucinda L ^c   Hemphill, Linnea ^d   Kutner, Jean S ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics ^*  (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLOTHING; FACIES; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NOISE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRIGGER POINT;

HUMANS; MASSAGE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 65549095500     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0391     Document Type: Article

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