Massage - Nursing
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Massage and music therapy for relief of anxiety of cancer patients in palliative care]

27 Feb 2009 In palliative care between 13.9 and 25 percent of all patients suffering from cancer show signs of anxiety disorders. Up to 75 percent of these patients suffer from non-pathologic anxiety, which has a negative impact on the patients' quality of ... Read more...

Integrative therapies in hospice and home health: introduction and adoption.

30 Jan 2009 Integrative therapies comprise a variety of nonpharmacologic methods that provide pain and symptom management. These therapies are increasingly gaining acceptance in the healthcare community as complementary to traditional treatments for pain. This ... Read more...

A one-day education in soft tissue massage: experiences and opinions as evaluated by nursing staff in palliative care.

30 May 2008 OBJECTIVE: Increasing awareness of well-being aspects of physical touch has spurred the appreciation for soft tissue massage (STM) as part of palliative care. Educational programs are available but with no specific focus on utilization for this kind ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Massage - Nursing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Evaluating the benefits of touch and touch-relaxation] 29 Jun 2009
• [A workshop on touch-relaxation for health personnel] 29 Jun 2009
• [Mind body therapy in palliative care] 29 Jun 2009
• [Touch and neuropathic pain] 29 Jun 2009
• [Workshop on touch-massage in a geriatric day hospital] 29 Jun 2009
• [Psychic work and touch-massage in the management of the elderly person] 29 Jun 2009
• [Massage and music therapy for relief of anxiety of cancer patients in palliative care] 27 Feb 2009
• Integrative therapies in hospice and home health: introduction and adoption. 30 Jan 2009
• Effect of oil massage on changes in weight and neurobehavioural response of low birth weight babies. 30 Oct 2008
• A one-day education in soft tissue massage: experiences and opinions as evaluated by nursing staff in palliative care. 30 May 2008
• Massage therapy as a supportive care intervention for children with cancer. 29 Apr 2008
• A hospital-based intervention using massage to reduce distress among oncology patients. 29 Apr 2008
• [Step by step to nursing care confidence--11: Massage to stimulate breathing] 28 Feb 2008
• [The corporal approach in care] 28 Feb 2008
• Palliative care enhances quality of life. 30 Dec 2007
• Herbal applications. 30 Dec 2007
• Supporting pregnancy with massage therapy. 30 Dec 2007
• [Baby massage workshops, a tool for parentality] 30 Jul 2007
• Working with tactile massage--a grounded theory about the energy controlling system. 28 Apr 2007
• Research unwrapped. Preventing perineal damage in childbirth. 30 Jan 2007

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Technical information about 'Massage'

Definition: Group of systematic and scientific manipulations of body tissues best performed with the hands for the purpose of affecting the nervous and muscular systems and the general circulation.

Descriptor UI: D008405

Alternative terms: Massage; Reflexology; Zone Therapy; Therapies, Zone; Zone Therapies; Therapy, Zone; Craniosacral Massage; Massage, Craniosacral; Rolfing; Rolfings;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; education; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration;

Tree Number: E02.190.599.500; E02.779.867.522;

Technical Notes: do not confuse X ref REFLEXOLOGY with REFLEXOTHERAPY; do not confuse with THERAPEUTIC TOUCH;