Official Publication of the
American Massage Therapy Association®
Winter 2002 • Vol. 40, No. 4
 
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Michael L. Schwanz Editor
Michelle L. Wolf Associate Editor

Contributors
Ben E. Benjamin
Patricia J. Benjamin
Theodore Berland
Trudy Brown
Brian Coughlan
Lisa Mertz
Jean Pascual
Dianne Polseno
Bernie Siegel
Cherie Sohnen-Moe

Douglas Kelly Design Director
Whitney Larson Art Director

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Elizabeth M. Lucas Executive Director
Jerry Hossli Manager, Media Sales & Service
Christina Rompon Media Sales & Service

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28 Ben Benjamin's Corner
This article helps you understand how nutrition affects health and healing.
By Joy Bicknell; Edited by Ben E. Benjamin

 

148 Ethically Speaking
Clients give us many opportunities to share our opinions. This is a very slippery slope.
By Dianne Polseno

 

152 Personal Computing
The advantages to having your own Web site are great, despite turmoil in the dot-com world.
By Reid Goldsborough

 

154 A Look Back
Massage was forever changed in the 1970s, a momentum that still propels us into the future.
By Patricia J. Benjamin

 

160 Book Reviews
This issue covers a variety of increasingly popular topics.
Compiled by Lisa Mertz
176 Guest Editorial
When I arriv

ed to volunteer at Ground Zero, I thought I was in a war zone.
By Elizabeth Pasquale

 

 

14 Letter From the Editor
18 Letters to the Editor
23 AMTA President's Editorial
26 Kaleidoscope
36 New Products
166 CD Corner
168 Directory of COMTA Schools
170 Classifieds
172 Calendar of Events
173 Advertiser Directory

 

ON THE COVER
Photo: © 2001 Mike Malyszko

Joana Brown, with goalie Tyler Moss of the Lowell Lock Monsters.

 

 

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