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- Official Publication of the
American Massage Therapy Association ®
Fall 1999 Vol. 38, No. 3
American Massage Therapy Association®
Publisher
Elizabeth M. Lucas
Director of Communications & Marketing
| Theodore Berland |
Editor |
| Kelly Gospodarek |
Communications
Assistant |
| Cherie Sohnen-Moe |
Business Editor |
| Lisa Mertz,
Ph.D., |
Book Review Editor |
| Douglas Alexander |
Contributing
Writer |
| Brian Coughlan |
Contributing
Writer |
| Mirka Knaster |
Contributing
Writer |
| Robert A. Schulman,
M.D. |
Medical Advisor |
| Christina Rompon |
Media Sales &
Service |
| Imagination
Publishing |
Design |
Contributors
Adela T. Basayne
Ben Benjamin
Debra Brooks
Linda Christman
Brian Coughlan
Sandra Bain Cushman
Reid Goldsborough
Elliot Greene
Carol Hamilton
Dawn Jordan
Whitney Lowe
Mike Mansel
Kathleen McLoughlin
Dianne Polseno
Leslie Rahn
Monica Roseberry
Bernie Siegel
Cherie Sohnen-Moe
Tracy Walton
Jan Zobel

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Ben Benjamin's Corner |
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Part I of a series,
Pathology and
Massage Therapy, focuses on
Hepatitis.
By Ben Benjamin
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| 122 |
The Last Word |
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The Power of Presence
By Dawn Jordan
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| 128 |
Ethically Speaking |
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Part I of a series on
The Scope of Your
Practice
By Dianne Polseno
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| 136 |
Personal Computing |
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How
to decide that it is time (or not) to
buy a new computer
By Dianne Polseno
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| 142 |
Book Reviews |
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The Massage
Connection, Mosby's Basic Science, Beyond Technique, Compendium of
Lymph Drainage, three on Thai massage, How We Live, Massage
Therapy Career Guide, and Miracles of the Mind.
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| 176 |
Love,
Massage, & Medicine |
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The Power of Love
By Bernie
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Letter
From the Editor |
| 14 |
Letter to the
Editor |
| 16 |
Kaleidoscope |
| 20 |
National
President's Editorial |
| 23 |
New Products |
| 24 |
Manuscript
Submission |
| 156 |
Directory of
COMTA Schools |
| 164 |
Classifieds |
| 173 |
Advertiser
Directory |
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ON THE
COVER
Joan Borysenko, Ph. D., talks about
massage therapy. |
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