Massage therapy for stress management: Implications for nursing practice

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 254-257

  Labrique Walusis, Françoise ^a   Keister, Kathy J ^b   Russell, Anne C ^b  

^a MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HUMANS; MASSAGE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955143046     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NOR.0b013e3181e517c6     Document Type: Article

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