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columns
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Ben Benjamin's Corner |
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Learn the
basics of how to add to
the body of massage-related research.
By Cynthia Piltch and Ben E. Benjamin |
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Ethically Speaking |
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Ethics may
be easy to understand in
theory, but require extra thought when you
are confronted with challenges in real life situations.
By Dianne Polseno
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Personal Computing |
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This column
will help you understand
how to tell if your Web site is effective.
By Reid Goldsborough
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A Look Back
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Step back
and learn how massage therapists
were educated at the turn of the 20th century.
By Patricia J. Benjamin |
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Book Reviews |
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Read book
and DVD reviews related to dog massage, nerve mobilization and how
to successfully market your practice.
Compiled by Lisa Mertz |
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Love, Massage & Medicine |
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Embracing
your fears will help you face
them when you are challenged by them in life.
By Bernie Siegel |
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AMTA President's Editorial |
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Kaleidoscope |
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New Products |
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164 |
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Directory of COMTA Schools |
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Calendar Of
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- Official Publication of the
American Massage Therapy Association®
Summer
2005 • Vol. 44, No. 2
(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
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Manager, Media
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