
Pathology A to Z
A Handbook for Massage Therapists
Kalyani Premkumar(Author)
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 31. January 2009
Book
Spiral bound
384 pages
978-0-7817-4799-8 (ISBN)
Description
Now in its Third Edition, this handbook focuses on pathology needs for massage therapists, and is organized alphabetically according to diseases. It covers over 400 conditions encountered by massage therapists, and provides descriptions followed by Cause, Signs and Symptoms, Risk Factors and Caution and Recommendations to Therapists. Features include marginal notes providing more information on the topic presented, color illustrations showing some common skin conditions, a section on strategies for prevention of infection, and for safe practice, and coverage of side effects of common drugs. A bound-in, fully searchable CD-ROM includes all condition information from the text, plus audio pronunciations, illustrations, and a glossary.
Now in its Third Edition, this handbook focuses on pathology needs for massage therapists, and is organized alphabetically according to diseases. It covers over 400 conditions encountered by massage therapists, and provides descriptions followed by Cause, Signs and Symptoms, Risk Factors and Caution and Recommendations to Therapists. Features include marginal notes providing more information on the topic presented, color illustrations showing some common skin conditions, a section on strategies for prevention of infection, and for safe practice, and coverage of side effects of common drugs. A bound-in, fully searchable CD-ROM includes all condition information from the text, plus audio pronunciations, illustrations, and a glossary.
Now in its Third Edition, this handbook focuses on pathology needs for massage therapists, and is organized alphabetically according to diseases. It covers over 400 conditions encountered by massage therapists, and provides descriptions followed by Cause, Signs and Symptoms, Risk Factors and Caution and Recommendations to Therapists. Features include marginal notes providing more information on the topic presented, color illustrations showing some common skin conditions, a section on strategies for prevention of infection, and for safe practice, and coverage of side effects of common drugs. A bound-in, fully searchable CD-ROM includes all condition information from the text, plus audio pronunciations, illustrations, and a glossary.
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Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Adult education
Product notice
Coiled wire bound
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7817-4799-8 (9780781747998)
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Previous edition

Book
12/1999
2nd Edition
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
€53.37
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Content
Preface
Alphabetical Listing of Diseases
Glossary
Index
Alphabetical Listing of Diseases
Glossary
Index