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columns
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Ben Benjamin's Corner
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Research is necessary to increase massage therapy’s credibility in
the health-care professions.
By Ben E. Benjamin and Cynthia Piltch
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Ethically Speaking |
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In Part Two
of this three-part series, Dianne Polseno examines the issue of how
to handle employers who treat massage therapists unethically.
By Dianne Polseno
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Personal Computing |
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Regular
maintenance of your computer will keep it in top shape for years to
come.
By Reid Goldsborough
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A Look Back
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Look back
at the role massage therapy has played throughout the history of the
grooming industry.
By Patricia J. Benjamin
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Book Reviews |
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Read
reviews of the latest literature on topics ranging from pharmacology
to massaging medically frail clients.
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Love, Massage & Medicine |
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As massage
therapists, it is important to be in touch with the body’s unique,
natural rhythm.
By Bernie Siegel |
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Letter From The Editor |
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Letters To The Editor |
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AMTA
President’s Letter |
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Kaleidoscope |
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New Products |
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CD Corner |
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Classifieds |
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Directory of
COMTA Schools |
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Calendar of
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Advertiser
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- Official Publication of the
American Massage Therapy Association®
Spring
2005 • Vol. 44, No. 1
(ISSN:0895-0814;USPS 0010-218)
• • •
| Michael L. Schwanz |
Editor |
| Valerie A. Danner |
Associate Editor |
Contributing Editors
Ben E. Benjamin
Patricia J. Benjamin
Theodore Berland
Trudy Brown
Brian Coughlan
Jean Ives
Clare La Plante
Lisa Mertz
Dianne Polseno
Bernie Siegel
Michelle Wolf
| Douglas Kelly |
Design Director |
| Whitney Larson |
Art Director |
| Megan Johns |
Graphic Designer |
• • •
| Elizabeth M. Lucas |
Executive Director |
| Dean G. Vaeth |
Director,
Communications & Marketing |
| Jerry Hossli |
Manager, Media
Sales & Service |
| Christina Rompon |
Media Sales &
Service |
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(address below). Periodicals postage paid at Evanston, Illinois,
and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address
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SUBSCRIPTIONS: All subscription matters and notices of change of address
(see postcard in this issue) should be sent to: MTJ
Subscriptions, AMTA, 500 Davis Street, 9th Floor,
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