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Since my massage practice at the Refugee Clinic involved working with many clients who did not speak English, and since translators weren't always available, I took a course on medical translation, in...
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I always looked forward to my trip over the bridge to see my client, Mrs. Ford, in her skilled nursing facility in West Seattle. Mrs. Ford had a long history of smoking before the stroke that took...
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Why you may want to know this While the statistics on domestic violence vary widely, we know at the very least that it is a large and underreported worldwide problem. It doesn't respect class,...
View ArticleMassage in a biopsychosocial model
[reposted from Massage in a biopsychosocial model (#29/31)] Psychosocial and cognitive approaches don't require that you become a clinical psychologist but that you have a broad concept of the...
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Many of us who attended junior high or high school in the United States had to read and analyze "The Road Not Taken", a poem published in 1916 by Robert Frost. It reads: 1. The Road Not Taken TWO...
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